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.
HYPERCALCINURIA
hypercalciuria, hypercalcinuria
(noun) the presence of abnormally high levels of calcium in the urine; usually the result of excessive bone resorption in hyperparathyroidism or osteoporosis
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PEOPLE
(noun) members of a family line; “his people have been farmers for generations”; “are your people still alive?”
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