Every year around 1 billion Valentine cards are sent. After Christmas it's a single largest seasonal card-sending occasion.
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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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Historically, sweat has been an active ingredient in perfume and love potions.
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It's possible to die from a broken heart; it's called Stress Cardiomyopathy.
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Rex the German Shepherd was a rescue dog with a bad temper. He refused to be fed by humans and would attack strangers, but he’s a changed dog after falling in love with Geraldine the goose!
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A Korean man called Lee Jin-gyu fell in love with his large, huggable pillow and married it.
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Holding hands with someone you love can alleviate physical pain as well as stress and fear.
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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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