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.
MANTICORA
manticore, mantichora, manticora, mantiger
(noun) a mythical monster having the head of man (with horns) and the body of a lion and the tail of a scorpion
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Noun
manticora (plural manticoras)
Alternative form of manticore
Any of various predatory beetles of genus Manticora
Anagrams
• aromantic, marcation
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ANOMALY
(noun) (astronomy) position of a planet as defined by its angular distance from its perihelion (as observed from the sun)
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