10 Facts about Smiling...SMILE EVERYONE!!!
By jheLaichie
@jheLaichie (4438)
Philippines
August 2, 2009 7:22am CST
When i went to church today i saw this particular person whom i don't know and he is a very charming person because he smiles to everyone he saw. Though many of us don't know him but his smile is contagious. It even gives me a smiling face all day long.
Then i came to this topic and finds out more about smiling. And then this caught my attention my friends. Hope you like it. Because i surely does. I even SMILE while reading it all. Have fun!!!Fun Facts about Smiling ( http://www.infobarrel.com/10_Facts_about_Smiling )
1. When someone smiles in is universally known as an expression of happiness which is recognized by almost all cultures.
2. When a person studies laughter they are known as a ‘gelotologist’.
3. There are over 18 different types of smiles that are used in a variety of social situations. For instance, people can use a smile to say a hello, and they can also use a different type of smile to show their understanding of a particular situation.
4. A frown uses more muscles to contract and expand then a smile does.
5. A smile is one of the most used human facial expressions. Smiles can use between 5 to all 53 muscles.
6. Smiling releases endorphins and makes us feel better, even when you fake a smile you can feel better.
7. A person that smiles more is deemed to be more pleasant, sincere, attractive and more sociable then a on-smiling person.
8. We are born with the ability to smile, it is not something that we copy. For instance, even blind babies are able to smile.
9. Humans are able to differentiate between a real smile and a fake smile by seeing the difference in a persons eyes when they smile.
10. Newborns tend to have more preference for a person with a smile then a person that is not smiling.
SO KEEP ON SMILING EVERYONE!!!
jhelai
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9 responses
@Shery32 (423)
• Saudi Arabia
3 Aug 09
Hi JheLaichie,
Thanks for sharing the SMILING Post with us.
I think if you smile to much you "LOL" a lot :D and each smile brings another to you and to people around you. I like No. "10" as some people I know :D thinks it is not nice to smile just like that like it needs a reason to.
Happy MyLotting
@jheLaichie (4438)
• Philippines
5 Aug 09
its always so good to smile with a very appropriate reason to. and i know what you mean my friend Shery. smile always gives nice impressions and gives a lot of LOL as well. so lets keep smiling my friend.
thanks
jhelai
@jheLaichie (4438)
• Philippines
3 Aug 09
and i am so happy that my post helps a friend like you. thansk for responding friend. so glad to be of help to others. so smile more often. its adds up a gloomy days to stay sunny in our hearts.
jhelai
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@sonz_doreen (193)
• United Arab Emirates
2 Aug 09
Very interesting facts about smiling, I also heard that Laughter is the best medicine.
@jheLaichie (4438)
• Philippines
3 Aug 09
and it always does. laughter is the best medicine of all. thansk for shairng friend. jhelai
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@drannhh (15219)
• United States
2 Aug 09
I am currently reading a book by Taylor Caldwell about a school for young girls in which they are taught to smile demurely but not to smile too openly. Why? Because it would grow wrinkles! I was properly horrified to think of that being an excuse not to smile, but in reflection I did remember we were told the same rubbish about laughing when we were growing up in the 40's and 50's.
Number 10 on your list is quite interesting, as I have a hard time imagining someone seeing a newborn and NOT smiling.
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@jheLaichie (4438)
• Philippines
3 Aug 09
i know what you mean my friend. new born babies always adds up the smile on someone elses faces. they are such angels that we cannot help but get so fond of immediately. thanks for a nice response my friend drannhh!!!
jhelai
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@LetranKnight25 (33121)
• Philippines
2 Aug 09
that's nice. but there are people who really like making fake smiles just to prevent from seeing what's the real emotion inside or prevent older aging.this is probably one the nicest things on why should we smile all the times, even in the times of our own crisis. smile, some how keeps people from forgetting a bit of their problems. .@jheLaichie (4438)
• Philippines
3 Aug 09
this is a very nice view. anyways smiling keeps our face muscles intact and nice. more muscles could also build up too. but we do smile to hide somethings that are bothering us but smiling can totally help us ease those stress, uneasiness and problems as well. smiling is one of the great stress reliever for me. thanks for responding my friend
jhelai
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@patofgold23 (5069)
• Philippines
2 Aug 09
NO problem with me, I always have this ready smile on my face!!! it's contagious!
@jheLaichie (4438)
• Philippines
3 Aug 09
and so good of you to always have that wonderful smile... is sure is so contagious my friend. but i hope its not a fake one, where someof us may use just to hide what we truly feels. thanks so much for responding friend.
jhelai
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@mysdianait (66009)
• Italy
5 Aug 09
Smile and the world smiles with you - and that is so true.
When I go to do the grocery shopping the assistant will greet all the customers almost in an automatic fashion. There is one customer that doesn't respond back to get her to raise her head - and then she sees their smile and she smiles too.
I do this in several of the shops I go to and it does change the day for the person who raises the smile 
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@jheLaichie (4438)
• Philippines
12 Aug 09
"Smile and the world smiles with you - and that is so true." you are so right with this one my friend MysD.
smiling always does brighten our days and so as the day of certain people whom you give your smile to them. when i once work in a fast food chain, we always greet our customers with a smile. because we know that with that we can add more brightness to our days.
thanks friend
jhelai
@jpso138 (7851)
• Philippines
16 Aug 09
You are certainly right in all these facts. I am glad that you have started this discussion. It is really great to smile. It usually heals pain and of course brings forth many advantages. People should smile often rather than frown. I do hope many members will be able to read this post of yours. Lets keep on smiling and make a difference in this world.
@jheLaichie (4438)
• Philippines
22 Aug 09
hello there my friend jpso138...
thanks for this wonderful response. i sure do hope that this discussion could bring out the smiles of everyone here in mylot community. it sure does heals the pain and bring us again the warm hearted person we are. smiling could surely makes a big difference on this world.
thanks
jhelai
@cyrus123 (6363)
• United States
4 Aug 09
Thank you so much for posting this. I hope a lot of mylotters read it and learn to smile more often. I tend to smile a lot, myself, out of habit. It's not a habit I'm ashamed of, though. A lot of people don't return my smile for one reason or another. I figure a lot of times they're just tired maybe. I have always heard that first fact you listed. I have also heard that it takes 72 muscles to frown and only 14 to smile. Kathy.
@jheLaichie (4438)
• Philippines
5 Aug 09
thanks for the response Kathy my friend. i sure do hope that many fellow mylotters will be able to read this. its always so nice to smile though people have second thoughts in smiling back. and sometimes we tend to be hurt by it but still we keep on smiling for everyone else. and that is so nice information, it takes 72 muscles to frown and only 14 muscles to smile.
jhelai
