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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Every year around 1 billion Valentine cards are sent. After Christmas it's a single largest seasonal card-sending occasion.
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One in five long-term love relationships began with one or both partners being involved with others.
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The average person in their lifetime will spend an estimated 20,160 minutes kissing!
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Speed dating was invented by a Rabbi in 1999.
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It's possible to die from a broken heart; it's called Stress Cardiomyopathy.
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Holding hands with someone you love can alleviate physical pain as well as stress and fear.
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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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