In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.
BALLHAWK
Etymology
Noun
ballhawk (plural ballhawks)
(sports) A player who handles the ball skilfully
(baseball, chiefly, in Chicago) A person who specializes in catching home-run and foul balls.
Source: Wiktionary
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MEGACOLON
(noun) an abnormal enlargement of the colon; can be congenital (as in Hirschsprung’s disease) or acquired (as when children refuse to defecate)
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