Ha-Ha! Ape study traces evolution of laughter

When scientists set out to trace the roots of human laughter, some chimps and gorillas were just tickled to help. Literally.

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Woman Jailed After Laughing Over Victim

A judge sentenced a woman to nearly the maximum prison term for negligent homicide after hearing a recorded jail conversation in which she made light of the bicyclist she killed.

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Who is your all time favourite comedian?

Laughter is supposed to be the best medicine, to help keep our bodies in great health. Do you have a comedian you have always admired? One who really makes your side split with laughter or simply cheers you up when you see them?

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Middle school students on a bus got the giggles Wednesday afternoon.

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EXCERPT: The Moon, our quiet unassuming little Earth satellite, filed a lawsuit today for damages as a result of what the Moon's lawyer termed "a shabby lack of consideration by NASA for my client's health and safety."

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The Classics of Kids-

An old friend of mine sent me these. She's a retired 2nd grade teacher, been collecting quips and quotes like these for decades, and I'd believe her if she told me some were from her classes!

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ChurchHatesTucker alerts us to the news that Sony has applied for a patent on an emotion detection device that could, for example, recognize when someone viewing a television or playing a video game is laughing.

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We belong to a remarkably quirky species. Despite our best efforts, some of our strangest foibles still defy explanation

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Hillary Clinton vigorously defended her husband's trip to North Korea to help free two imprisoned journalists in an interview with CNN's Fareed Zakaria -- laughing off criticism of the trip as some kind of capitulation.

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The founder of Laughter Yoga is making people laugh! This short one minute video is guaranteed to make you laugh! Enjoy , everyone!

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Using the power and healing properties of laughter, this organization uses improvisational theater techniques to foster communication around the world holding workshops, classes and performances with such disparate groups as at-risk youth, seniors and troubled communities.

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Elmer's Glue, Wild Hairs and Aging

I'm through with menopause. Finished. Whew. I had surgically induced menopause ten years ago at age 35. I could not wait for my girl guts to be removed.

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Don Rickles is the best! This is the funniest article I've ever read and I'm still laughing, but then I'm a conservative! If the liberal radicals don't laugh it's because they haven't mastered the art of allowing a free nation to be free to laugh at themselves.

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Funny handwritten note...where in the world is this? New Zealand? Ireland?

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Knock. Knock... I Need Some Giggles!!! Please Share Your Favorite Knock Knock Jokes

Knock. Knock. Who's there? Norma Lee Norma Lee who? Norma Lee I don't knock on doors asking for jokes but I've had one of those weeks where I want to knock my head against the wall. I need some giggles. Knock Knock Jokes are the best and worst jokes ever.

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Laughter evolved in a common ancestor of the great apes and humans.

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Apes laugh too, say researchers who tickled gorillas, chimps, orangutans, bonobos, and human babies—suggesting laughter began in a prehistoric ape-human ancestor.Video.

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Researchers who tickled 25 juvenile apes – including three human infants – and recorded the sounds they made say that laughter seems to be shared by all great apes. That would mean laughter dates back some 10 to 16 million years, to our common ancestor.

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Jerome Cleary at The Comedy Store

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Patterns in progression of drug use from adolescence to adulthood are strikingly regular. Because it is the most widely used illicit drug, marijuana is predictably the first illicit drug most people encounter.

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This isn't a recent letter, but it is seriously the funniest complaint letter I have ever read. Whenever I need a laugh, I read this again. And laugh until I cry.

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The concept of laughter as a cure for disease lacks scientific support, but humor may indeed have significant effects on the psyche.

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Allah did not create man so that he could have fun. The aim of creation was for mankind to be put to the test through hardship and prayer. An Islamic regime must be serious in every field. There are no jokes in Islam. There is no humour in Islam. There is no fun in Islam.

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Here it is ladies and gents. Some laughs from up north.

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My daughter and I have this little bonding activity we do when we are driving together. It may seem corny, but it makes us laugh and it doesn't just stop with us. Many others drivers surrounding us end up joining in the fun and start smiling away!

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JACKSONVILLE -- New York City's famous Naked Cowboy has migrated south for the winter.

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HAMMOND | A North Hammond boy learned a valuable lesson about tongues and freezing metal Tuesday night. Police were called to the 3900 block of Hohman Avenue shortly after 8:30 p.m. and found the 10-year-old with his tongue stuck to a streetlight pole.

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