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.
GEOTAXIS
Etymology
Noun
geotaxis (usually uncountable, plural geotaxes)
(biology) A living creature's ability to move by orienting itself by gravitational forces
(biology) A downward movement
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OWNER
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