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Imagine thinking a beverage could send you to hell. When coffee first arrived in Europe, panicked clergymen labeled it the 'bitter invention of Satan' because of its Islamic origins. They begged Pope Clement VIII to ban it entirely. Instead, the Pope took a sip, decided it was incredibly delicious, and supposedly 'baptized' the beans so that Christians wouldn't be leaving all the good caffeinated drinks to the infidels.
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