Men who kiss their wives in the morning live five years longer than
those who don’t.
2. 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!)
3. When it comes
to doing the deed early in the relationship, 78 percent of women
would decline an intimate rendezvous if they had not shaved their
legs or underarms.
4. Feminist women
are more likely than other females to be in a romantic
relationship.
5. Two-thirds of
people report that they fall in love with someone they’ve known for
some time vs. someone that they just met.
6. There’s a
reason why office romances occur: The single biggest predictor of
love is proximity.
7. Falling in
love can induce a calming effect on the body and mind and raises
levels of nerve growth factor for about a year, which helps to
restore the nervous system and improves the lover’s
memory.
8. Love can also
exert the same stress on your body as deep fear. You see the same
physiological responses — pupil dilation, sweaty palms, and
increased heart rate.
9. Brain scans
show that people who view photos of a beloved experience an
activation of the caudate — the part of the brain involving
cravings.
10. The women of
the Tiwi tribe in the South Pacific are married at
birth.
11. The “Love
Detector” service from Korean cell phone operator KTF uses
technology that is supposed to analyze voice patterns to see if a
lover is speaking honestly and with affection. Users later receive
an analysis of the conversation delivered through text message that
breaks down the amount of affection, surprise, concentration and
honesty of the other speaker. 12. Eleven percent of women have gone
online and done research on a person they were dating or were about
to meet, versus seven percent of men.
13. Couples’
personalities converge over time to make partners more and more
similar.
14. The oldest
known love song was written 4,000 years ago and comes from an area
between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers.
15. The tradition
of the diamond engagement ring comes from Archduke Maximillian of
Austria who, in the 15th century, gave a diamond ring to his
fiancée, Mary of Burgundy.
16. Forty-three
percent of women prefer their partners never sign “love” to a card
unless they are ready for commitment.
17. People who
are newly in love produce decreased levels of the hormone serotonin
— as low as levels seen in people with obsessive-compulsive
disorder. Perhaps that’s why it’s so easy to feel obsessed when
you’re smitten.
18. Philadelphia
International Airport finished as the No. 1 best airport for making
a love connection, according to an online survey.
19. According to
mathematical theory, we should date a dozen people before choosing
a long-term partner; that provides the best chance that you’ll make
a love match.
20. A man’s beard
grows fastest when he anticipates sex.
21. Every
Valentine’s Day, Verona, the Italian city where Shakespeare’s
play Romeo and
Juliet took place, receives around
1,000 letters addressed to Juliet.
22. When we get
dumped, for a period of time we love the person who rejected us
even more, says Dr. Helen Fisher of Rutgers University and author
of Why
We Love. The brain regions that lit
up when we were in a happy union continue to be
active.
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