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You might not believe in love at first sight, but researchers at Syracuse University found that when people fall in love, 12 areas of the brain fire up to introduce chemicals that produce a euphoric feeling, similar to a cocaine high. And they concluded that it only takes a fifth of a second for this to take place. ​

The National Retail Federation predicts spending will reach a record of $27.5 billion this year — about a six-percent increase compared to last year’s spending total of $25.8 billion. The top five gifts are candy, flowers, cards, an evening out, and jewelry.

Margaret Mitchell's hero Rhett Butler (played by Clark Gable) says this line to protagonist Scarlett O’Hara (played by Vivien Leigh) in the 1939 Academy Award–winning film Gone With the Wind.​​

Wealthy hotelier George C. Boldt commissioned Boldt Castle for his wife, Louise. Construction stopped, however, after Louise’s unexpected death in 1904. Now restored by the Thousand Islands Bridge Authority, the property is a tourist attraction and contains a pool, billiards room, dove cote and bowling alley. ​

The American Academy of Sleep Medicine puts the figure at approximately 8 percent. That said, there are gender differences. Women are more likely to have sex dreams about politicians, celebrities or their exes; men, meanwhile, are more likely to dream about having sex with multiple partners at once.​​

While women start showing more interest in younger men around age 75, men of all ages were shown to be more interested in physically attractive, younger dates, according to a 2023 article in the journal Human Nature.​​​