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.
SUBOPTIMIZATION
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Noun
suboptimization (countable and uncountable, plural suboptimizations)
The optimization of a subunit (or series of subunits) of an organization without good coordination with other subunits, resulting in the whole organisation's outcome or output being less than optimal.
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CHELICERA
(noun) either of the first pair of fang-like appendages near the mouth of an arachnid; often modified for grasping and piercing
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