40% of people who are rejected in romantic love slip into clinical depression.
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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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When someone looks at a new love, the neural circuits that are usually associated with social judgment are suppressed.
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In 1999, a fisherman found a love letter in a bottle from a soldier in WWI. He returned said letter to the now deceased widows 86 year old daughter.
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The average person will go on a date at least 100 times before they finally marry.
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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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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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Gary Kremen, founder of match.com, lost his girlfriend to a man she met on match.com.
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