40% of people who are rejected in romantic love slip into clinical depression.
72
Brain scans show that people who view photos of a beloved experience an activation of the caudate - the part of the brain involving cravings.
103
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.
27
It's possible to die from a broken heart; it's called Stress Cardiomyopathy.
165
In 2012, a Chinese man named Xiao Fan had a dress made out of 9,999 red roses for his girlfriend and then proposed - 9 in China means forever
16
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!)
278
Every year around 1 billion Valentine cards are sent. After Christmas it's a single largest seasonal card-sending occasion.
14
One in five long-term love relationships began with one or both partners being involved with others.
177