Ginger Bee

unauthorized fucking thing!!!!!!

(warning: loud chirping throughout)

discovered by sufis who decided it was a miracle from Allah since it allowed them to stay up late into the night for night worship

miracle beans = UNLIMITED DHIKR

cue scholars debating for years about whether it’s haram or halal and if it should be classified as an ‘intoxicant’ or not

fast forward to 16th century ottoman empire, where a woman had the legal right to divorce her husband if he failed to provide her with enough coffee

europeans called it the “mohammaden gruel” or “devil’s drink” bc they believed it to be a “bitter invention of satan and his followers”

fast forward to pope clement viii finally giving in and tasting it to see what the hype is about and then stating: “This Satan’s drink is so delicious that it would be a pity to let the infidels have exclusive use of it.”

Cormorant fishing in Yangshuo near Guilin, Guangxi, China. Christian Vaisse

This mixed-media artwork, titled "Victorian Velociraptor with Violets," was created by artist Adam Mazur using acrylic paint and liquid gold leaf.

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