Gary Kremen, founder of match.com, lost his girlfriend to a man she met on match.com.
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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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In medieval Italy, if a man was caught kissing a woman in public, he had to marry her whether he liked it or not.
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40% of people who are rejected in romantic love slip into clinical depression.
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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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Every year around 1 billion Valentine cards are sent. After Christmas it's a single largest seasonal card-sending occasion.
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Couples' personalities converge over time to make partners more and more similar.
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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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