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.
EPENCEPHALON
Etymology
Noun
epencephalon (plural epencephala)
(anatomy) The segment of the brain next behind the midbrain, including the cerebellum and pons; the hindbrain.
Source: Wiktionary
Ep`en*ceph"a*lon, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Anat.)
Definition: The segment of the brain next behind the midbrain, including the cerebellum and pons; the hindbrain. Sometimes abbreviated to epen.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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