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.
OVERNET
Etymology
Verb
overnet (third-person singular simple present overnets, present participle overnetting, simple past and past participle overnetted)
(transitive) To cover with a net or netting.
To fish too much using nets.
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• Everton
Source: Wiktionary
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ONCHOCERCIASIS
(noun) infestation with slender threadlike roundworms (filaria) deposited under the skin by the bite of black fleas; when the eyes are involved it can result in blindness; common in Africa and tropical America
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