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STUCK WITH IT Anna Smith-Higgs, 44, a professional burlesque dancer, has a particularly unusual phobia; she is afraid of stickers. Spotting any, particularly on food, makes her shake with fear and she can’t eat anything that has had them on, like bananas. “They make me feel sick. It’s the nasty sticky stuff on the back,” she says. Although rare, her condition does have a name – Pittakionophobia. Sun, 7 Oct 2023. WHAT HAPPENS IN VEGAS… While staying at the luxury Venetian resort in Las Vegas, Michael Farchi was woken up in the middle of the night in “a lot of pain” which, he said, “felt like somebody stabbing me in my private area.” Investigating, Farchi discovered a “scorpion hanging” on his underwear. He was taken to hospital, where he says…

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