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Here Are 14 Things We Bet You Never Knew About Chocolate!

Spanish Friars Helped to Spread the Love After cacao and chocolate were introduced to Europe, traveling Spanish Friars took it to various monasteries, helping to spread it around the continent. 8.

14 Things We Bet You Never Knew About Chocolate!

Spanish Friars Helped to Spread the Love After cacao and chocolate were introduced to Europe, traveling Spanish Friars took it to various monasteries, helping to spread it around the continent. 8.

The Extraordinary Origins of 10 Common English Words

The first version of the drink is believed to have originated in Viennese coffeehouses in the 18th century, and the name for the drink was inspired by the color of the robes of the Capuchin friars, a Franciscan order of monks. How did this happen, you ask?

Coffee: There’s SO Much We Don’t Know About This Drink!

Cappuccinos are named after Capuchin friars The cappuccino is an Italian drink, prepared by mixing espresso with frothed milk that yields a golden yellow and extremely delicious coffee drink.

Have You Seen The 9 Best Drone Photographs of 2016 Yet?

Francis, founder of the Order of Friars Minor, and this basilica is actually the mother church of the same order. In this powerful image, the drone has managed to present a picture of heaven on earth. Is this what the 'city of God' is meant to look like?

These Are 7 of the Most Beautiful Gardens in the World

The Grotto was the brainchild of Friar Ambrose Mayer, a Canadian Catholic pastor who purchased the land from a railroading company. Source: Joe Mabel The Grotto is separated into two levels, ground level and clifftop which is accessible via elevator.

15 Fantastic Photos of the Philippines You'll Never Forget!

Pulag Hills source While this was going on, friars traveled with the conquistadors in order to convert the heathen to the Christian faith. Today, the Philippines' strong Catholicism (and growing evangelicalism) is testament to the success of those missionaries. xxx 8.

10 Popular “Contemporary” Words Coined by Shakespeare

But there’s another Shakespeare quote from Measure for Measure: Act 5, Scene 1 that uses it as a verb too: “Your friar is now your prince: as I was then Advertising and holy to your business Not changing heart with habit, I am still.”

8 Shocking Historical Discoveries of the Last 20 Years

The lost grave of King Richard III After King Richard III of England was killed in the Battle of Bosworth Field in 1485, he was buried at the Church of the Grey Friars in Leicester. Over the following five-plus centuries, the exact locations of the church and the late king’s grave were lost.

These 10 Famous Salvador Dali Paintings Will Amaze You

Christ of Saint John of the Cross - Year: 1951 This painting gets its name from the fact that it is designed based on a drawing by the 16th-century Spanish friar John of the Cross.

These Inventions Prove the Middle Ages Were Not So “Dark”

In 1305, Dominican Friar Giordana da Pisa wrote in a sermon: " It is not yet twenty years since there was found the art of making eyeglasses, which make for good vision... " What an exciting invention this must have been at the time!