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  2. List of phobias - Wikipedia

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    fear of amputees, and/or of becoming an amputee [9] [10] Aquaphobia: fear of water. Distinct from hydrophobia, a scientific property that makes chemicals averse to interaction with water, as well as an archaic name for rabies. Arachnophobia: fear of spiders and other arachnids such as scorpions, a zoophobia: Astraphobia: fear of thunder and ...

  3. Astraphobia - Wikipedia

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    Astraphobia, also known as astrapophobia, brontophobia, ceraunophobia, or tonitrophobia, is an abnormal fear of thunder and lightning or an unwarranted fear of scattered and/or isolated thunderstorms, a type of specific phobia. It is a treatable phobia that both humans and animals can develop.

  4. Sailors' superstitions - Wikipedia

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    Sailors believed that certain symbols and talismans would help them in facing certain events in life; they thought that those symbols would attract good luck or bad luck in the worst of the cases: Sailors, at the constant mercy of the elements, often feel the need for religious images on their bodies to appease the angry powers that caused ...

  5. List of onomatopoeias - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 14 January 2025. This is a list of onomatopoeias, i.e. words that imitate, resemble, or suggest the source of the sound that they describe. For more information, see the linked articles. Human vocal sounds Achoo, Atishoo, the sound of a sneeze Ahem, a sound made to clear the throat or to draw attention ...

  6. Matt Brennan: As I watched "Beau Is Afraid" for the second time this week, armed with a notebook and our mission to "explain" Aster's (guilt) trip to hell, I began to formulate something I couldn ...

  7. This too shall pass - Wikipedia

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    "This too shall pass" (Persian: این نیز بگذرد, romanized: īn nīz bogzarad) is an adage of Persian origin about impermanence.It reflects the temporary nature, or ephemerality, of the human condition — that neither the negative nor the positive moments in life ever indefinitely last.

  8. Funny or offensive? Robert Downey Jr.'s controversial 'Tropic ...

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    Here's everything you need to know about the ongoing debate over Downey's use of blackface in the 2008 comedy.

  9. Buso (Philippine mythology) - Wikipedia

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    Tagamaling were sometimes called the "good buso", taking on the appearance of a normal person except with small circular shields with ancient patterns and curly hair instead of wavy. They were friendly towards humans for one month, killing them and eating them on every other, especially during the full moon. [3]