Approximately 141 million Valentine's Day cards are exchanged worldwide every year.
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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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The average person will go on a date at least 100 times before they finally marry.
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Ten seconds of hugging a day increases levels of oxytocin, which can reduce blood pressure, thus cutting the risk of heart disease.
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In Korea, if you do not receive any gift on Valentine's day then all the singles go to Korean restaurants and eat black noodles to celebrate (or mourn) their single status.
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40% of people who are rejected in romantic love slip into clinical depression.
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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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The left ear is more responsive to words of love and emotion whispered into it than the right.
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