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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One in five long-term love relationships began with one or both partners being involved with others.
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40% of people who are rejected in romantic love slip into clinical depression.
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When dragonflies mate, their tails form a love heart.
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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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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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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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The left ear is more responsive to words of love and emotion whispered into it than the right.
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