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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Close to 110 million roses (mostly red) will be purchased and delivered around Valentine's Day in the U.S.
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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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Men who kiss their wives in the morning live five years longer than those who don't.
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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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