In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
TROPOPAUSE
tropopause
(noun) the region of discontinuity between the troposphere and the stratosphere
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
tropopause (plural tropopauses)
The zone of transition between the troposphere and the stratosphere (approximately 13 kilometers). The tropopause normally occurs at an altitude of between 25,000 and 45,000 feet in polar and temperate zones. It occurs at 55,000 feet in the tropics.
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