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.
RASK
Rask, Rasmus Christian Rask
(noun) Danish philologist whose work on Old Norse pioneered in the field of comparative linguistics (1787-1832)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
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(adjective) of or relating to an inheritable character that is controlled by several genes at once; of or related to or determined by polygenes
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