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  2. Bibliophobia - Wikipedia

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    In his 1999 Matthews lecture at Birkbeck College, Tom Shippey discussed bibliophobia in the Middle Ages.This arose when the literate professions, such as the clergy and beadles, would exploit and terrify the illiterate masses by their command of texts such as religious and legal documents.

  3. Pyrophobia - Wikipedia

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    When witnessing fire or smoke (even if the fire poses no threat, such as a candle), suspecting a fire is nearby, or (in some cases) visualizing fires, pyrophobes exhibit typical psychological and physiological symptoms of fear and panic: acute stress, fast heartbeat, shortness of breath, tightness in chest, sweating, nausea, shaking or trembling, dry mouth, needing to go to the bathroom ...

  4. Burn (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    Burning, a synonym for optical disc authoring; Burnup, a measure of how much energy is extracted from a primary nuclear fuel source; Dodging and burning, a type of photographic manipulation; Sunburn, or sun burn

  5. List of accolades received by Burning - Wikipedia

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    Burning (Korean: 버닝; RR: Beoning) is a 2018 South Korean mystery drama film directed by Lee Chang-dong.The film stars Yoo Ah-in, Steven Yeun, and Jeon Jong-seo.The film is based on one of Haruki Murakami's seventeen short stories in The Elephant Vanishes, "Barn Burning".

  6. List of common misconceptions - Wikipedia

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    Global warming is primarily a result of the increase in atmospheric greenhouse-gas concentrations (like CO 2 and methane) via the burning of fossil fuels as well as other human activities such as deforestation, with secondary climate change feedback mechanisms (such as the melting of the polar ice increasing the Earth's absorption of sunlight ...

  7. Church arson - Wikipedia

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    Church arson is burning or attempting to burn religious property, because empty churches are soft targets, racial hatred, pyromania, prejudice against certain religious beliefs, greed, or as part of communal violence or dissent or anti-religious sentiment.

  8. Their fangs are capable of piercing human skin, but the tiny amount of venom they carry causes only a mild burning sensation for a few seconds. [90] Other species such as harvestmen and crane flies are also called daddy longlegs, and share the misconception of being highly venomous but unable to pierce the skin of humans. [91] [92]

  9. Mit brennender Sorge - Wikipedia

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    Mit brennender Sorge (With Burning Anxiety) denounced both specific government actions against the Church in breach of the concordat and Nazi racial theory more generally. There was a striking and deliberate emphasis on the permanent validity of the Jewish scriptures, and the Pope denounced the 'idolatrous cult' which replaced belief in the ...