How long has it been since you laughed?*  Really belly laughed?*  Until you thought you were snorting?*  Been awhile?*  I’ve been thinking about this, so I looked up some interesting facts about laughing.

Did you know?

:we laugh up to 30 times more when we are with others than we are alone.

:laughter is contagious.

:laughing often and enthusiastically helps our body fight off harmful diseases.*  Laughing lowers the levels of stress and fights off harm by altering the levels of cortisol in our body.

:Robert Frost said, “If we couldn’t laugh we would all go insane.”

:laughing can be a good workout.*  For every fifteen minutes solid laughing, you can burn up to 40 calories.

:some studies show that fifteen minutes of laughter can add around 2 days to your lifespan.

:Gelotology is the since of laughing.

:animals laugh too ” not just humans.

:kids tend to laugh about three times more than adults.

:the average person laughs around 13 times a day.

:we often laugh at chance happenings never intended to be funny in the first place.

:although appearance is high on the list for finding a mate, there is a tendency to find people who laugh more attractive.

 

Adapted from www.tipswywriter.com