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.
VIABILITIES
Noun
viabilities
plural of viability
Source: Wiktionary
VIABILITY
Vi`a*bil"i*ty, n.
Definition: The quality or state of being viable. Specifically: --(a) (Law)
Definition: The capacity of living after birth. Bouvier. (b) The capacity of living, or being distributed, over wide geographical limits; as, the viability of a species.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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