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.
EARWORM
Etymology
Noun
earworm (plural earworms)
A tune that keeps replaying in one's head or that one keeps thinking about, especially if unwanted.
(originally, US) Short for corn earworm (“larva of the moths Helicoverpa zea (syn. Heliothis zea) and Helicoverpa armigera, which are agricultural pests”).
(archaic) An earwig (“insect of the order Dermaptera”).
Source: Wiktionary
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