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The Best Medicine?
A recent study found that laughter can trigger similar responses from the body as physical exercise - an increase in endorphins and decreased levels of the stress hormones cortisol and adrenaline. Not feeling very funny? Just fake it. The same physiological changes that occur with real laughter also take effect when you only pretend to laugh.
" It is generally believed that the first TV laugh track was used on The Hank McCune Show in 1948.
" The average child laughs 400 times a day.
" People are 30 times more likely to laugh in groups than alone.
" Women laugh more than men, except when they are listening to a woman.
" Less than 20% of laughter is in response to a joke.