Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
AMANITIN
Etymology
Noun
amanitin (plural amanitins)
(protein) A bicyclic oligopeptide, found in Amanita phalloides, that is a deadly amatoxin
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