An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.
ERLKING
Etymology
Noun
erlking (plural erlkings)
(mythology) In German literature and modern pseudo-mythology, a malicious elf or spirit who preys on children.
Anagrams
• Klinger, kringle
Source: Wiktionary
Erl"king`, n. Etym: [G. erlkönig, fr. Dan. ellekonge elfking.]
Definition: A personification, in German and Scandinavian mythology, of a spirit natural power supposed to work mischief and ruin, esp. to children.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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