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.
RHYNCHOCOEL
Etymology
Noun
rhynchocoel (plural rhynchocoels)
A nemertean worm of the former phylum Rhynchocoela
A tubular cavity, in such worms and other organisms, enclosing a proboscis
Source: Wiktionary
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6 June 2025
PUNGENCY
(noun) wit having a sharp and caustic quality; “he commented with typical pungency”; “the bite of satire”
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