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.
PERIPATOPSIS
Peripatopsis, genus Peripatopsis
(noun) type genus of Peripatopsidae; onychophorans of chiefly Asiatic and African tropical regions
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SOLICITOUSLY
(adverb) in a concerned and solicitous manner; “‘Don’t you feel well?’ his mother asked solicitously”
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