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.
REPECHAGE
repechage
(noun) a race (especially in rowing) in which runners-up in the eliminating heats compete for a place in the final race
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
repechage (plural repechages)
(sports) A heat (as in rowing or fencing) in which the best competitors who have lost in a previous round compete for a place or places yet left in the next round.
Source: Wiktionary
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