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TheCHIVE - Probably the Best Site in the World – Keep Calm and Chive On. BuzzFeed. World's funniest joke. The "world's funniest joke" is a term used by Richard Wiseman of the University of Hertfordshire in 2002 to summarize one of the results of his research.

For his experiment, named LaughLab, he created a website where people could rate and submit jokes.[1] Purposes of the research included discovering the joke that had the widest appeal and understanding among different cultures, demographics and countries. [citation needed] The History Channel eventually hosted a special on the subject. [citation needed] The jokes The winning joke, which was later found to be based on a 1951 Goon Show sketch by Spike Milligan,[2] was submitted by Gurpal Gosal of Manchester: Two hunters are out in the woods when one of them collapses. References. Paraprosdokians. Fourmilab. Excuse me, i was looking at the water. Keytar.jpeg (JPEG Image, 500x334 pixels) Texts From Last Night.

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