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.
PLEIOTROPY
Etymology
Noun
pleiotropy (countable and uncountable, plural pleiotropies)
(genetics) The influence of a single gene on multiple phenotypic traits; pleiotropism.
Antonym: polygeny
(pharmacology) The existence of drug effects other than the one for which the drug was designed; usually implies additional beneficial effects.
Source: Wiktionary
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UNEXPLOITED
(adjective) not developed, improved, exploited or used; “vast unexploited (or undeveloped) natural resources”; “taxes on undeveloped lots are low”
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