In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
PAKAPOO
Etymology
Noun
pakapoo (uncountable)
A Chinese lottery game popular in Oceania in the 19th century, involving tickets marked with rows of Chinese characters.
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DERMATOGLYPHICS
(noun) the study of the whorls and loops and arches in the fingertips and on the palms of the hand and the soles of the feet; “some criminologists specialize in dermatoglyphics”
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