When someone looks at a new love, the neural circuits that are usually associated with social judgment are suppressed.
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When a male gentoo penguin "falls in love" with a female penguin, he searches the entire beach to find the perfect pebble to present to her.
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In 2012, a Chinese man named Xiao Fan had a dress made out of 9,999 red roses for his girlfriend and then proposed - 9 in China means forever
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Approximately 141 million Valentine's Day cards are exchanged worldwide every year.
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Brain scans show that people who view photos of a beloved experience an activation of the caudate - the part of the brain involving cravings.
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In Korea, there's a man named Lee Jin-gyu who fell in love and married his life-sized Japanese body pillow (called a "dakimakura").
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The average person in their lifetime will spend an estimated 20,160 minutes kissing!
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The average person will go on a date at least 100 times before they finally marry.
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