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.
PLASTINATE
plastinate
(verb) preserve (tissue) with plastics, as for teaching and research purposes; “The doctor plastinates bodies to teach anatomy to his students”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
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GRIEVOUS
(adjective) causing or marked by grief or anguish; “a grievous loss”; “a grievous cry”; “her sigh was heartbreaking”; “the heartrending words of Rabin’s granddaughter”
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