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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Falling in love raises levels of nerve growth in a person's brain for about a year and can improve their memory.
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In Korea, there's a man named Lee Jin-gyu who fell in love and married his life-sized Japanese body pillow (called a "dakimakura").
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Speed dating was invented by a Rabbi in 1999.
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As a rule, 66 percent of people keep their eyes closed while kissing. The rest take pleasure in watching the emotions run the gamut on the faces of their partners.
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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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A couple had their wedding rings engraved with a waveform of their own voices saying "I do."
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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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