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.
MYXOVIRUS
myxovirus
(noun) any of a group of RNA viruses including those that cause influenza and mumps
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
myxovirus (plural myxoviruses)
Any of a group of RNA viruses of the Orthomyxoviridae and Paramyxoviridae families.
Source: Wiktionary
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INTERSPERSION
(noun) the act of combining one thing at intervals among other things; “the interspersion of illustrations in the text”
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