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.
MEDINILLA
Medinilla, genus Medinilla
(noun) tropical Old World ornamental evergreen shrubs having fleshy leaves and large panicles of white pink flowers
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RESTITUTION
(noun) getting something back again; “upon the restitution of the book to its rightful owner the child was given a tongue lashing”
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