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‘Ha, Ha!’ Even toddlers get schadenfreude – Health – TODAY.com

By Thomas A. Smith

You know that happy feeling you have when Justin Bieber gets arrested again? Schadenfreude, or joy over another s misfortune, isn’t just for grown-ups. That complicated emotion starts much earlier than expected, when we’re barely old enough to point and say, “Ha, Ha!” Children as young as 2 experience a type of schadenfreude, a new study finds. 

via www.today.com

You can’t say the word though.