In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.
UNDERPLOT
Etymology
Noun
underplot (plural underplots)
A subplot; a plot that is not the main plot of a story.
A secret scheme or trick.
Source: Wiktionary
Un"der*plot`, n.
1. A series of events in a play, proceeding collaterally with the main story, and subservient to it. Dryden.
2. A clandestine scheme; a trick. Addison.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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