In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
TOPECTOMY
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Noun
topectomy (plural topectomies)
(surgery) excision of parts of the frontal cortex of the brain typically for the relief of epilepsy
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MEGALITH
(noun) memorial consisting of a very large stone forming part of a prehistoric structure (especially in western Europe)
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