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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Close to 110 million roses (mostly red) will be purchased and delivered around Valentine's Day in the U.S.
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When you fall in love, that 'high' feeling is caused by a flood of dopamine that is similar to that of cocaine.
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Gary Kremen, founder of match.com, lost his girlfriend to a man she met on match.com.
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Every year around 1 billion Valentine cards are sent. After Christmas it's a single largest seasonal card-sending occasion.
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When you are looking at someone you love, your pupils dilate, they do the same when you are looking at someone you hate.
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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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