"Frequent and whole-hearted laughter actually helps your body to fight off harmful diseases. By altering the levels of cortisol in your body, laughing lowers our levels of stress and fights off things that might be harmful to us."

"Believe it or not, there really is a science to laughing. In fact, the science of laughing and it’s effects on the body is referred to as Gelotology."

"The average person laughs around 13 times a day. Oddly enough, very few of those times are due to a joke or an intentional action. More often, we laugh at chance happenings or things that were never intended to be funny in the first place."

"Familiarity is a key part of humor and laughter, and research shows people find jokes told by famous comedians to be funnier than the same joke told by someone they’re not familiar with."

"A hug longer than 20 seconds will release chemicals into your body that make you trust the person you are hugging."

"You’re much more likely to laugh in the presence of others, if others are laughing, and if you’re familiar with the comedian."

"Laughter really is contagious. Ever wonder why television shows often play a “laugh track” after a funny moment? Even when we do not see where the source of the laughter is, simply hearing laughter can be contagious."

"Laughing can create an instant bond between individuals. When you laugh as a group or with someone else, we feel a natural connection to those people and it can alleviate some of the social stress that being around new people might create."

"When a group of people laugh, each member of the group will instinctively look at the person they feel closest to."

"Just as children laugh more than adults, surveys have shown that women tend to laugh slightly more than their male counterparts. Maybe women are really the ones with the senses of humor!"

"Piggy-backing on doing your body good, for every fifteen minutes of solid full-body laughing you do, you can burn up to 40 calories! Dieting? Get to laughing!"

"A small dose of humor can increase immunological functioning."

"Humans are not the only beings that laugh. Although less obvious to detect, many animals also experience something similar to laughter. Start watching out for your furry friends – turns out, they might actually be laughing at you after all."

"Your Brain Can Detect Fake Laughter.Your brain automatically goes to work deciphering why someone is deliberately laughing."

"Smiling makes you look prettier.Studies have proven that 70% of people find smiling faces to be better-looking than faces with makeup.So keep Smilling and Laughing always:)"