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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The left ear is more responsive to words of love and emotion whispered into it than the right.
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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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When someone looks at a new love, the neural circuits that are usually associated with social judgment are suppressed.
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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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It's possible to die from a broken heart; it's called Stress Cardiomyopathy.
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40% of people who are rejected in romantic love slip into clinical depression.
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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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