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.
TOXICS
Etymology
Noun
toxics pl (plural only)
(waste processing) Toxic waste
Source: Wiktionary
TOXIC
Tox"ic, Tox"ic*al, a. Etym: [L. toxicum poison, originally, a poison in which arrows were dipped, Gr. Intoxicate.]
Definition: Of or pertaining to poison; poisonous; as, toxic medicines.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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