passengers in business class clap less compared to those in economy or customers of low-cost carriers where there is no business class. She first noticed people performing the landing clap when ...

“People who [do a disagreeable thing] are the same people who clap when the plane lands.” Sometimes it’s a variation of “Imagine you meet the love of your life and then find out they clap ...

Contrary to what many believe, the noise of a clap is largely not the sound of two hands smashing into each another, the ...

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and the university union hopes that by doing away with clapping, whooping and cheering, events will be more accessible to people suffering from anxiety and those with hearing problems. In British ...

The 26-year-old is autistic which means she struggles to be around people when they're clapping. "Sometimes I literally just freeze up and I'll just sit there and get more overwhelmed until I end ...