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.
TODIES
Noun
todies
plural of tody
Anagrams
• Dostie, does it, ideots, setoid
Source: Wiktionary
TODY
To"dy, n.; pl. Todies. Etym: [Cf. NL. todus, F. todier, G. todvogel.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: Any one of several species of small insectivorous West Indian birds of the genus Todus. They are allied to the kingfishers.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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