Demonophobia is an abnormal and persistent fear of evil supernatural beings in persons who believe such beings exist and roam freely to cause harm.
Those who suffer from this phobia realize their fear is excessive or [...]
The Way The Earth’s Core Spins
on Nov 16, 2013
In 1692, Edmond Halley, of Halley’s Comet fame, first discovered that the Earth’s geomagnetic field drifted westward.
He concluded that Earth must have two cores spinning at different speeds, but no one knew why.
Science [...]
Pentheraphobia Fear of Mother-in-Law
on Nov 14, 2013
Of all the phobias on this list, pentheraphobia is probably the most common. It is, as stated above, the fear of one’s mother-in-law.
I am sure that most married people have, at one time or another, suffered from this [...]
Do Women Blush In The Dark?
on Nov 11, 2013
“The question whether young women blush in the dark is a very difficult one,” wrote 18th-century German scholar Georg Lictenberg.
While it seems a trivial question, it was also impossible to answer.
In the dark, no [...]
