In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
VALMY
Valmy, battle of Valmy
(noun) the French defeated the Austrian and Prussian troops in 1792 (with a famous cannonade from the French artillery)
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IMMOBILIZATION
(noun) fixation (as by a plaster cast) of a body part in order to promote proper healing; “immobilization of the injured knee was necessary”
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