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.
PHASMIDA
Phasmida, order Phasmida, Phasmatodea, order Phasmatodea
(noun) in some classifications considered a suborder of Orthoptera: stick insects; leaf insects
Source: WordNet® 3.1
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