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.
THRILLER
thriller
(noun) a suspenseful adventure story or play or movie
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
thriller (plural thrillers)
Something that thrills.
(film, literature) A suspenseful, sensational genre of story, book, play or film.
Synonyms
• (A suspenseful, sensational genre of fiction): pulp novel
Hypernyms
• (A suspenseful, sensational genre of fiction): detective story, mystery novel, whodunit, crime fiction
Hyponyms
• (A suspenseful, sensational genre of fiction): horror movie, hard-boiled crime fiction
Source: Wiktionary
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SUNGLASSES
(noun) (plural) spectacles that are darkened or polarized to protect the eyes from the glare of the sun; “he was wearing a pair of mirrored shades”
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