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.
WATERBUCK
waterbuck
(noun) any of several large African antelopes of the genus Kobus having curved ridged horns and frequenting e.g. swamps and rivers
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
waterbuck (plural waterbucks or waterbuck)
A species of antelope endemic to Africa, Kobus ellipsiprymnus.
Source: Wiktionary
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