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.
WINDFALLS
Noun
windfalls
plural of windfall
Anagrams
• fall winds
Source: Wiktionary
WINDFALL
Wind"fall`, n.
1. Anything blown down or off by the wind, as fruit from a tree, or the tree itself, or a portion of a forest prostrated by a violent wind, etc. "They became a windfall upon the sudden." Bacon.
2. An unexpected legacy, or other gain. He had a mighty windfall out of doubt. B. Jonson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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