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Fear of belly buttons? Fear of bald people? Fear of having objects to your right? They’re all here.

We’ve got another new episode of 11 Points Countdown today.

I’m joined by a smashingly lovely British chap named Alastair James Murden as we count down the results of a poll on the strangest real-life phobias. (Alastair also co-hosted the episode on the 11 best things about American restaurants. Was that filmed on the exact same day as today’s episode, just mere minutes apart? No one can say for certain.)

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Here are the full results of the poll (highlight the first 11 to avoid spoilers)…

  1. Zemmiphobia – fear of the great mole rat
  2. arachibutyrophobia – fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of your mouth
  3. anatidaephobia – fear that somehow a duck is watching you
  4. omphalophobia – fear of the belly button
  5. turophobia – fear of cheese
  6. peladophobia – fear of bald people
  7. cyrpianophobia – fear of prostitutes
  8. Nomophobia – fear of being without cell phone
  9. Ithyphallophobia – fear of erections
  10. Dextrophobia – fear of having objects to your right
  11. pogonophobia – fear of beards
  12. defecaloesiophobia – fear of painful bowels
  13. hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia – fear of long words
  14. Bolshephobia – fear of Bolsheviks
  15. Venustraphobia – fear of beautiful women
  16. phobophobia – fear of developing a phobia
  17. Allodoxaphobia – fear of opinions
  18. Auroraphobia – fear of the northern lights
  19. consecotaleophobia – fear of chopsticks
  20. brinaphobia – fear of pickles
  21. pteronophobia – fear of being tickled with feathers
  22. coprastasophobia – fear of being constipated
  23. Selenophobia – fear of the moon
  24. bogyphobia – fear of the boogeyman
  25. gymnophobia – fear of nudity
  26. taphophobia – fear of being buried alive