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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The single biggest predictor of love is proximity.
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Holding hands with someone you love can alleviate physical pain as well as stress and fear.
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For Valentine's Day 2014, an unnamed man sabotaged a special screening of "Beijing Love Story" at a Shanghai cinema by booking every other seat, subsequently preventing couples from sitting together.
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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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People are more likely to tilt their heads to the right when kissing instead of the left (65 percent of people go to the right!)
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The typical person spends about 600 hours having sex between the ages of 20 and 70.
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