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.
HEMATOHISTON
globin, hematohiston, haematohiston
(noun) a colorless protein obtained by removing heme from hemoglobin; the oxygen carrying compound in red blood cells
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13 February 2025
BREAK
(verb) cause the failure or ruin of; “His peccadilloes finally broke his marriage”; “This play will either make or break the playwright”
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