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.
UNBURY
Etymology
Verb
unbury (third-person singular simple present unburies, present participle unburying, simple past and past participle unburied)
To dig up, to remove from the ground.
Source: Wiktionary
Un*bur"y, v. t. Etym: [1st pref. un- + bury.]
Definition: To disinter; to exhume; fig., to disclose.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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ANOMALY
(noun) (astronomy) position of a planet as defined by its angular distance from its perihelion (as observed from the sun)
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