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.
SINKHOLE
sinkhole, sink, swallow hole
(noun) a depression in the ground communicating with a subterranean passage (especially in limestone) and formed by solution or by collapse of a cavern roof
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
sinkhole (plural sinkholes)
(geology) A hole formed in soluble rock by the action of water, serving to conduct surface water to an underground passage
Synonyms: cenote, doline, dolina, kettle hole (Britain), shakehole, sink (Britain), swallet (Britain), swallow hole
A depressed area in which waste or drainage collects.
(pinball) A hole in the playfield that rewards the player when the ball is guided into it.
(internet) A domain name server that has been configured to hand out non-routeable addresses for all domains, so that every computer that uses it will fail to get access to the real website.
(computer security) An attack which redirects requests - be it network or memory accesses - to a new location defined by the attacker.
Source: Wiktionary
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