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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People are more likely to tilt their heads to the right when kissing instead of the left (65 percent of people go to the right!)
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When you fall in love, that 'high' feeling is caused by a flood of dopamine that is similar to that of cocaine.
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Brain scans show that people who view photos of a beloved experience an activation of the caudate - the part of the brain involving cravings.
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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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40% of people who are rejected in romantic love slip into clinical depression.
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8 out of 10 people think that the first kiss indicates how the rest of the relationship will be.
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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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