
Laughter In A Can: How Our Brains Interpret Funny Business (6/12/23)
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How Laugh Tracks Make Jokes Funnier
The University College London started off by collecting 40 jokes from Dads across the world. They got a group of participants, or people, to rate the jokes on a scale of one to seven. What American state has the smallest drinks? I don't know. Mini soda! Huh? Oh man, that was so bad! Want to hear another one? No, I'm good. Okay, Mindy, point made. These jokes are courtier than a corn souffle on Fourth of July. Wait, you eat corn Souffle on the Fourth of July? Yeah, family tradition. Ugh!"
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