40% of people who are rejected in romantic love slip into clinical depression.
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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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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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Couples' personalities converge over time to make partners more and more similar.
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Studies show that the risk of a “secret love” being revealed heightens romantic feelings for the partners, thanks to increased levels of phenylethylamine (PEA).
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In 2011, archaeologists discovered the skeletal remains of a Roman couple who have been holding hands for 1,500 years.
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It's possible to die from a broken heart; it's called Stress Cardiomyopathy.
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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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