Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
TIL
Phrase
TIL
(Internet slang) Initialism of today I learned....
Anagrams
• &lit, Lit, TLI, lit, lit.
Etymology 1
Conjunction
til
(colloquial) until, till
Preposition
til
(colloquial) until, till
(archaic) ~ to: as far as; down to; up to, until
Etymology 2
Noun
til (plural tils)
The sesame plant
A species of tree in the Lauraceae family, native to Madeira and the Canary Islands; Ocotea foetens.
Anagrams
• &lit, Lit, TLI, lit, lit.
Source: Wiktionary
Til, prep. & conj.
Definition: See Till. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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