Clouded Judgments
Fact: #3380
When asked to rate how healthy they think they are compared to others in their community, South Africans rate themselves… Read More
Fact-A-Day Archive
Premium Priorities
Fact: #3379
According to MAPS, around 32% of South Africans considered the cost of the monthly premium as important when deciding to… Read More
Laughing It Off
Fact: #3378
A 2018 study found that after 20 minutes of laughter therapy, participants’ mean anxiety score dropped by 41% (from 3.45… Read More
No Laughing Matter
Fact: #3377
On 30 January 1962, a laughing epidemic broke out in a village in Tanzania that has been estimated to have… Read More
Cackles and Connections
Fact: #3376
Research has shown that humans are 30 times more likely to laugh in groups than individually. This indicates that laughter… Read More
Funny Films, Serious Results
Fact: #3375
A study in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology found that individuals who watched a humorous film were four… Read More