Approximately 141 million Valentine's Day cards are exchanged worldwide every year.
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Couples' personalities converge over time to make partners more and more similar.
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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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Every year around 1 billion Valentine cards are sent. After Christmas it's a single largest seasonal card-sending occasion.
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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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Men who kiss their wives in the morning live five years longer than those who don't.
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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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8 out of 10 people think that the first kiss indicates how the rest of the relationship will be.
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