When someone looks at a new love, the neural circuits that are usually associated with social judgment are suppressed.
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As a rule, 66 percent of people keep their eyes closed while kissing. The rest take pleasure in watching the emotions run the gamut on the faces of their partners.
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According to the New York Times, a study conducted during the 1980's found that men who kiss their wives before leaving for work live longer, get into fewer car accidents, and have a higher income than married men who don't.
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Couples' personalities converge over time to make partners more and more similar.
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In Korea, if you do not receive any gift on Valentine's day then all the singles go to Korean restaurants and eat black noodles to celebrate (or mourn) their single status.
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In medieval Italy, if a man was caught kissing a woman in public, he had to marry her whether he liked it or not.
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Men who kiss their wives in the morning live five years longer than those who don't.
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