The average person in their lifetime will spend an estimated 20,160 minutes kissing!
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Couples' personalities converge over time to make partners more and more similar.
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Close to 110 million roses (mostly red) will be purchased and delivered around Valentine's Day in the U.S.
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Historically, sweat has been an active ingredient in perfume and love potions.
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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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When someone looks at a new love, the neural circuits that are usually associated with social judgment are suppressed.
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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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The left ear is more responsive to words of love and emotion whispered into it than the right.
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