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.
MURDERBALL
Etymology
Noun
murderball (uncountable)
A team sport resembling dodgeball in which players are eliminated ("murdered") by being struck with the ball.
The original name for wheelchair rugby, and still the Canadian vernacular name for the sport
Synonyms
• (dodgeball): killerball
• (wheelchair rugby): quad rugby, wheelchair rugby
Source: Wiktionary
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