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.
UTICA
Utica
(noun) an ancient city on the north coast of Africa (northwest of Carthage); destroyed by Arabs around 700 AD
Utica
(noun) a city in central New York
Source: WordNet® 3.1
U"ti*ca, a. Etym: [So called from Utica, in New York.] (Geol.)
Definition: Of, pertaining to, or designating, a subdivision of the Trenton Period of the Lower Silurian, characterized in the State of New York by beds of shale.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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