There are some things that will make everyone smile. One of these rare but beautiful things is the laughing of a baby. I think the best example of this is the Youtube video "Charlie Bit My Finger". It is just a simple video of one baby biting his slightly older brother and laughing about it. Can you guess how many views it has? FIVE HUNDRED MILLION. To give you some perspective, that is almost twice as much as the total US population. That is about one out of every fourteen people in the world that have seen this video. The percentage is even more impressive when you consider how much of the world doesn't have internet access. It just shows you exactly how powerful the laugh of a baby is.
I personally think it is impossible to not laugh at this video. It is just so cute and funny. It is such a universally wonderful thing that there are about fifteen other videos of just babies doing cute stuff, and racking up over tens of millions of views. There are several studies out on why babies are so universally cute, and it usually comes down to paternal/maternal care.
All I really care about is that it makes my day a little bit brighter and I hope it made yours too. Thanks for listening. :-)
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