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
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40% of people who are rejected in romantic love slip into clinical depression.
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Wearing red increases attraction.
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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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It's possible to die from a broken heart; it's called Stress Cardiomyopathy.
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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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Speed dating was invented by a Rabbi in 1999.
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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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