40% of people who are rejected in romantic love slip into clinical depression.
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Speed dating was invented by a Rabbi in 1999.
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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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Wearing red increases attraction.
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The average person will go on a date at least 100 times before they finally marry.
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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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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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