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.
CORKBOARD
corkboard
(noun) a heat-insulating building material consisting of cork granules that are made into sheets by compressing and baking
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
corkboard (plural corkboards)
Alternative spelling of cork-board
Source: Wiktionary
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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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