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.
OVERPACKAGE
Etymology
Verb
overpackage (third-person singular simple present overpackages, present participle overpackaging, simple past and past participle overpackaged)
(transitive) To package wastefully in more material than necessary.
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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