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TWIL #108 - When coffee was illegal

TWIL #108 - When coffee was illegal
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Every week, I share something I learned in the previous seven days. I usually find these while I'm putting my weekly newsletter together but somehow, they don't quite fit!

This week I learned that a various points in history, coffee was illegal - and even punishable by DEATH! Nowadays of course, it just tries to make us bankrupt...

4 times drinking coffee was illegal—or even punishable by death
Rulers once closed cafés, burned beans, and even executed someone—all for a cup of coffee.
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