In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.
TELECINE
Etymology
Noun
telecine (plural telecines)
(film) The process of transferring motion picture film into electronic form.
A machine used to carry out this process.
Verb
telecine (third-person singular simple present telecines, present participle telecineing or telecining, simple past and past participle telecined)
To transfer (motion picture film) into electronic form.
Source: Wiktionary
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PRESENTATION
(noun) (obstetrics) position of the fetus in the uterus relative to the birth canal; “Cesarean sections are sometimes the result of abnormal presentations”
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