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.
TRACKBALL
trackball
(noun) an electronic device consisting of a rotatable ball in a housing; used to position the cursor and move images on a computer screen; “a trackball is essentially an upside-down mouse”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
trackball (plural trackballs)
(computing) A pointing device consisting of a ball housed in a socket
Source: Wiktionary
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BODILY
(adjective) affecting or characteristic of the body as opposed to the mind or spirit; “bodily needs”; “a corporal defect”; “corporeal suffering”; “a somatic symptom or somatic illness”
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