iPhone experts?

I know it has nothing to do with love&sex but this is my favorite group and I'll just ask here sorry. I have an iPhone 6s Plus and sometimes it will ring like I got a new email but when I open it there is like an email from 2 or 3 hours ago. Why would it alert me then? I don't understand 

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