| Bhaskaracharya calculated the time taken by the earth to orbit the sun hundreds of years before the astronomer Smart. Time taken by earth to orbit the sun: (5th century) 365.258756484 days |
| Paedophobia is a fear of children |
| Automatonophobia is a fear of ventriloquist's dummies, animatronic creatures, wax statues or anything that falsly represents a sentient being |
| Clinophobia is the fear of beds |
| Phobatrivaphobia is a fear of trivia about phobias |
| Elizabeth I of England suffered from anthophobia, a fear of roses |
| Arachibutyrophobia is a fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of the mouth |
| Unatractiphobia is a fear of ugly people |
| Dromophobia is a fear of crossing the road |
| Lyssophobia is a morbid fear of insanity |