When someone looks at a new love, the neural circuits that are usually associated with social judgment are suppressed.
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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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Couples' personalities converge over time to make partners more and more similar.
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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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Men who kiss their wives in the morning live five years longer than those who don't.
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40% of people who are rejected in romantic love slip into clinical depression.
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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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Speed dating was invented by a Rabbi in 1999.
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