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TIL about five attempts to ban coffee throughout history: in Mecca in 1511, in the 16th century by Italian clergymen, in 1623 by Ottoman leader Murad IV who created punishments for drinking coffee, in 1746 by the Swedish government, and 1777 by Frederick the Great of Prussia

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