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.
FORKHEAD
Etymology
Noun
forkhead (plural forkheads)
(biochemistry) A sequence of amino acids that forms a motif, in FOX proteins, that binds to DNA.
The forked end of a rod in a knuckle joint or similar.
(obsolete) An arrow with a barbed tip.
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