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.
SYNROC
Etymology
Noun
Synroc (countable and uncountable, plural Synrocs)
A hard, dense, black solid made from titanate minerals, used for safely storing radioactive waste.
Anagrams
• Conrys, croyns, scorny
Source: Wiktionary
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THEORETICAL
(adjective) concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations; “theoretical science”
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