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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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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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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It's possible to die from a broken heart; it's called Stress Cardiomyopathy.
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The average person in their lifetime will spend an estimated 20,160 minutes kissing!
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Historically, sweat has been an active ingredient in perfume and love potions.
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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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