Shape, September 1st, 2002
health
Researchers believe laughing can boost immunity, strengthen our hearts and improve lung function.
Now here's something funny - at least according to my wife, who loves to laugh at my expense: I didn't get the world's funniest joke.
You may have heard it when British researchers announced that, out of dozens of jokes they'd presented to a worldwide audience via the Internet, this one got the most self-reported laughs. See if it makes you slap your knee: The great detective Sherlock Holmes and his sidekick Watson are out camping. They pitch their tent under the stars and go to sleep. I...
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