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15 cool short facts about humor and laughter
Laughter is a mystery of nature. We know many of the benefits of laughter, but we can’t yet answer the most important question: why did nature reward us with laughter? But I do know something about laughter. Laughing is pleasant and useful, and here are the arguments the site found in support of this.
1. Laughter is inextricably linked to communication. Fun society provokes us to laugh, and alone we laugh 30 times less.
2. Laughter causes an expansion of the inner lining of blood vessels, and this helps to improve the movement of blood through them.
3. Scientists advise diabetics to laugh more often, as laughter reduces blood sugar levels.
4. From the point of view of evolution, a sense of humor is the result of selection, since it is a sign of a high level of intelligence and creative abilities of an individual.
5. “Good” sense of humor is most often the result of good heredity, but “black” humor scientists consider the fruit of the influence of society and upbringing.
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6. Couples who can laugh at each other’s flaws have a good chance of living a long and happy life together.
7. American neurologist William Fry found that laughter in the blood increases the number of antibodies. Thus, laughter strengthens immunity.
8. Women laugh more often than men and men laugh more often. Women laugh more often in the voice, and men snort and grunt.
9. There is such a thing as helotophobia, the fear of laughing and the fear of being ridiculed. The term is not used in official psychiatry, however, helotophobia is not uncommon.
10. American Seth Benedict Graham in his book “Cultural Analysis of the Russian-Soviet Anecdote”, admitted that many jokes of Russian army servicemen are incomprehensible to him. For example, he doesn't understand why the Russians laugh at this:
- Comrade warrant officer, can I watch TV?
- You can, but don't.
11. The narrator laughs 46% more often than the listener.
12. Israeli experts in gynecology conducted an experiment that proved that laughter increases the chances of a child in in vitro fertilization (IVF).
13. When we laugh, the muscles of the face, the diaphragm, the abdominal press are involved. About 80 different muscle groups participate in the process of laughter.
14. Laughter wastes energy, so it helps to lose weight. Researchers have calculated that 10-15 minutes of loud laughter from the heart can get rid of 50 extra calories.
15. Laughter and its impact on health is studied by a whole science - helotology. Geotologists, for example, claim that during laughter, the body begins to produce endorphin, the body relaxes, and the pain is dulled.
via Russian7.ru/ 2015/09/20-veshhey-kotorye-nuzhno-znat-o-chuvstve-yu
1. Laughter is inextricably linked to communication. Fun society provokes us to laugh, and alone we laugh 30 times less.
2. Laughter causes an expansion of the inner lining of blood vessels, and this helps to improve the movement of blood through them.
3. Scientists advise diabetics to laugh more often, as laughter reduces blood sugar levels.
4. From the point of view of evolution, a sense of humor is the result of selection, since it is a sign of a high level of intelligence and creative abilities of an individual.
5. “Good” sense of humor is most often the result of good heredity, but “black” humor scientists consider the fruit of the influence of society and upbringing.
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6. Couples who can laugh at each other’s flaws have a good chance of living a long and happy life together.
7. American neurologist William Fry found that laughter in the blood increases the number of antibodies. Thus, laughter strengthens immunity.
8. Women laugh more often than men and men laugh more often. Women laugh more often in the voice, and men snort and grunt.
9. There is such a thing as helotophobia, the fear of laughing and the fear of being ridiculed. The term is not used in official psychiatry, however, helotophobia is not uncommon.
10. American Seth Benedict Graham in his book “Cultural Analysis of the Russian-Soviet Anecdote”, admitted that many jokes of Russian army servicemen are incomprehensible to him. For example, he doesn't understand why the Russians laugh at this:
- Comrade warrant officer, can I watch TV?
- You can, but don't.
11. The narrator laughs 46% more often than the listener.
12. Israeli experts in gynecology conducted an experiment that proved that laughter increases the chances of a child in in vitro fertilization (IVF).
13. When we laugh, the muscles of the face, the diaphragm, the abdominal press are involved. About 80 different muscle groups participate in the process of laughter.
14. Laughter wastes energy, so it helps to lose weight. Researchers have calculated that 10-15 minutes of loud laughter from the heart can get rid of 50 extra calories.
15. Laughter and its impact on health is studied by a whole science - helotology. Geotologists, for example, claim that during laughter, the body begins to produce endorphin, the body relaxes, and the pain is dulled.
via Russian7.ru/ 2015/09/20-veshhey-kotorye-nuzhno-znat-o-chuvstve-yu
