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.
OZAENA
ozena, ozaena
(noun) a chronic disease of the nose characterized by a foul-smelling nasal discharge and atrophy of nasal structures
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
ozaena (countable and uncountable, plural ozaenas)
An atrophic type of chronic non-specific rhinitis characterized by a foul odor from the nose, now considered rare.
Any of the beetles in genus Ozaena, with one species, Ozaena dentipes.
Source: Wiktionary
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THEORETICAL
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