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.
HUAQUERO
Etymology
Noun
huaquero (plural huaqueros)
A graverobber in parts of Latin America.
Source: Wiktionary
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GUILLOTINE
(verb) kill by cutting the head off with a guillotine; “The French guillotined many Vietnamese while they occupied the country”
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