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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For Valentine's Day 2014, an unnamed man sabotaged a special screening of "Beijing Love Story" at a Shanghai cinema by booking every other seat, subsequently preventing couples from sitting together.
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Studies show that the risk of a “secret love” being revealed heightens romantic feelings for the partners, thanks to increased levels of phenylethylamine (PEA).
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Couples' personalities converge over time to make partners more and more similar.
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Speed dating was invented by a Rabbi in 1999.
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A man's beard grows fastest when he anticipates sex.
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40% of people who are rejected in romantic love slip into clinical depression.
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Close to 110 million roses (mostly red) will be purchased and delivered around Valentine's Day in the U.S.
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