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.
VENTILATORS
Noun
ventilators
plural of ventilator
Source: Wiktionary
VENTILATOR
Ven"ti*la`tor, n. Etym: [Cf. F. ventilateur, L. ventilator a winnower.]
Definition: A contrivance for effecting ventilation; especially, a contrivance or machine for drawing off or expelling foul or stagnant air from any place or apartment, or for introducing that which is fresh and pure.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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DISPERSION
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