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.
DARICON
Daricon, oxyphencyclimine
(noun) an anticholinergic drug (trade name Daricon) used in treating peptic ulcers
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THEORETICAL
(adjective) concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations; “theoretical science”
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