Ten seconds of hugging a day increases levels of oxytocin, which can reduce blood pressure, thus cutting the risk of heart disease.
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The left ear is more responsive to words of love and emotion whispered into it than the right.
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The average person will go on a date at least 100 times before they finally marry.
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When dragonflies mate, their tails form a love heart.
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A man's beard grows fastest when he anticipates sex.
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Sandy, an African Penguin, has been in 'love' with her keeper at the Nuremburg zoo since 1996.
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40% of people who are rejected in romantic love slip into clinical depression.
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In 2011, archaeologists discovered the skeletal remains of a Roman couple who have been holding hands for 1,500 years.
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