Couples' personalities converge over time to make partners more and more similar.
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The left ear is more responsive to words of love and emotion whispered into it than the right.
40
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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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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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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When someone looks at a new love, the neural circuits that are usually associated with social judgment are suppressed.
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Cuddling (or other ‘love’ acts) helps to heal physical wounds faster due to the release of Oxytocin which is proven to reduce swelling.
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