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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Couples' personalities converge over time to make partners more and more similar.
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Speed dating was invented by a Rabbi in 1999.
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Twenty nine percent of women spend more time shopping for shoes than they do looking for a life long mate.
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40% of people who are rejected in romantic love slip into clinical depression.
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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.
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In Finland, Valentine's Day is called "Ystävänpäivä" which translates into "Friend's day".
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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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