I'm Afraid, You're Afraid

I borrowed this silly book today called "I'm Afraid, You're Afraid" by Melinda Muse and it's about "448 things to fear and why". Although I don't completely believe all of the facts in this book, but it's still amusing to read through nontheless. So far I've read things like:

Alaska: It's a cold fact that, of all the states, Alaska holds the lead in death rates from unintentional injury, and is also the nation's most dangerous state for children. From 1986 to 1992, the injury death rate for youths aged nineteen or younger was 45.7 per 100,000, compared to the lower national rate of 30.2. Officials are stumped, failing to offer reasons for the high death rate of youngsters, but a good guess might include the zooming popularity of snowmobiling. Alaskans are dying in snowmobile accidents at least twice as fasy as rides in any other state.

Baby-Faced Boys: Looks deceive. Baby-faced boys are more likely to be delinquent and commit more crimes than their less cherubic-looking pals, divulges a recent study that suggests that the sweet-appearing juvies intentionally try to derail their submissive image by acting naughty, not nice. The behaviour of baby-faced girls, researchers note, isn't at all affected by their sugar-and-spice appearance.

Cinnamon Gum: The active ingredient in cinnamon-flavoured gum, candy, and breath mints is the allergen cinnamic-aldehyde, which can cause white spots and sores to erupt in the mouth.

Other interesting ones I'm too lazy to type up include Antennas, August, Bad Initials, Bible Quoting, Chopsticks, and Coffee Cups. I need to finish reading this.