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.
TUMBLEDUNG
Tum"ble*dung`, n. (Zoöl.)
Definition: Any one of numerous species of scaraboid beetles belonging to Scarabæus, Copris, Phanæus, and allied genera. The female lays her eggs in a globular mass of dung which she rolls by means of her hind legs to a burrow excavated in the earth in which she buries it.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(noun) an injection of a liquid through the anus to stimulate evacuation; sometimes used for diagnostic purposes
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