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.
ONCOMOUSE
Etymology
Noun
oncomouse (plural oncomice)
A type of laboratory mouse that has been genetically modified to carry an activated oncogene, increasing its susceptibility to cancer.
Anagrams
• Economous, oeconomus
Source: Wiktionary
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RESTORATION
(noun) some artifact that has been restored or reconstructed; “the restoration looked exactly like the original”
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