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.
BUZKASHI
Etymology
Noun
buzkashi (uncountable)
(games, sports) A team sport originating in Central Asia, where the players, all on horseback, try to place an animal carcass into a goal.
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PRESENTATION
(noun) (obstetrics) position of the fetus in the uterus relative to the birth canal; “Cesarean sections are sometimes the result of abnormal presentations”
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