Two in five people in the world marry their first love.
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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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Sea otters hold hands while sleeping so they don’t drift away from each other.
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40% of people who are rejected in romantic love slip into clinical depression.
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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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Every year around 1 billion Valentine cards are sent. After Christmas it's a single largest seasonal card-sending occasion.
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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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Historically, sweat has been an active ingredient in perfume and love potions.
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