25 facts about love

1. Historically, the sweat that was the main ingredient in perfumes and love potions.

2. Mexican ruler Montezuma believed chocolate "love drug" and drank 50 cups of chocolate a day visiting his harem with six hundred wives.

3. Most people fall in love before marriage about seven times.

4. Some people who say that have never been in love, suffer from hypopituitarism, a rare disease that does not allow a person to feel the emotion of love.

5. The severance of relations often leads to "love frustration," which leads some people to love the one who abandoned them even more.

6. The term "love" originated from the «lubhyati» (Sanskrit) means "desire».

7. It is believed that tennis term «love» in the meaning of "no glasses" appeared in 1792, the year means "play out of love", that is "disinterested." However, some researchers argue that «love», as a zero score is derived from the French word «L'Oeuf» («Egg") because of the resemblance eggs and zero.

8. Wedding rings are often worn on the ring finger of his left hand, as the ancient Greeks claimed that through this finger goes Vienna «amoris», or "Vienna Love", which goes right to the heart.

9. Semen may contribute to falling in love. Studies show that sperm contains dopamine ("hormone of love") and norepinephrine, as well as tyrosine and amino acids that are needed by the brain to produce dopamine.

10. Symbol of love, Cupid (or Eros), evolved from Chaos ("gaping hole") and represents the primitive forces of love and desire.

11. European men instinctively prefer women, waist circumference of about 70% of the hip circumference. In beauty icons such as Audrey Hepburn, the Venus de Milo, and even Twiggy, the ratio was exactly 70%.

12. When someone falls in love, neural circuits responsive to public opinion, are suppressed. So in love does not pay attention to the opinion of friends and relatives about the object of his love.

13. A study of the psyche of students who had just been rejected by their loved ones, has shown that they have the strong activity in the part of the brain that recognizes physical pain.

14. Antidepressants contribute to the disappearance of love, as it increases the level of serotonin. A large number of serotonin blunts emotions and suppress intrusive thoughts about a favorite (th) as a key component of love.

15. Psychologists say that we often fall in love with people like our parents, with whom we have remained unresolved childhood issues. Without knowing it, we aim to solve these problems in adulthood.

16. Studies show that if a man and woman meet in an emergency situation, the likelihood that they will love each other, much higher than if it was in normal circumstances, such as in the office.

17. The desire to love, like sex and hunger, is a primitive biological need.

18. In many cultures, are used as the units symbol of eternal love, which has no beginning and no end. Young Muslim women send love messages to their loved ones in the form of complex parts.

19. It is estimated that four-leaf clover brings good luck, but it is also part of the Irish love beliefs: if a woman eats four-leaf clover, thinking about the man, he falls in love with her.

20. The longer the period of courtship, the better the prospects for a long marriage. People who are going through turbulent and passionate affair in the beginning of the relationship, often divorced.

21. Falling in love lasts a little more than a year, that is how much the brain biologically able to save the state of romantic bliss.

22. Women feel loved, communicating face-to-face with your partner, man, on the contrary, experiencing emotional intimacy in communication, when they are working, playing or talking, sitting next to Lady.

23. Men are more tolerant than women when looking for a partner for short-term relationships, but much more picky women, if you are going to marry.

24. Couples all over the world are bred, often, in the fourth year of marriage. After four years of marriage as a whole has stabilized to about eight years.

25. On average, men around the world are married women who are three years younger than them.

Source: facts.randomhistory.com, translation: www.factroom.ru

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