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Hello, this is Six Minute English from BBC Learning English.
I'm Sam.
And I'm Neil.
Have you heard this joke, Neil?
Question, what's a rat's favourite game?
I don't know, Sam.
What is a rat's favourite game?
Hide and squeak.
Very funny.
Well, I'm glad you're laughing because, as we'll be finding out in this program,
laughter is good for you.
In fact, laughter is often called the best medicine.
And it seems that's really true, medically speaking.
Laughing releases anti-stress and dolphins into the body,
and there's evidence that people who laugh recover more quickly from illness,
including COVID.
Laughing is an essential part of what makes us human.
Babies cry straight from birth, but the next sound they make,