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.
OXIDOREDUCTION
oxidoreduction, oxidation-reduction, redox
(noun) a reversible chemical reaction in which one reaction is an oxidation and the reverse is a reduction
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PRESENTATION
(noun) (obstetrics) position of the fetus in the uterus relative to the birth canal; “Cesarean sections are sometimes the result of abnormal presentations”
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