Semi-Funny Facts on love I ran across while logging into msn today!

Love is a many-splendored thing … and a very surprising thing, too. As if you needed proof of that, here are 25 funny little facts about love. Study them, scratch your head over them, and share them with someone you fancy.

1. 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.(Note: How the hell did they calculate that one???)

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.

23. Familiarity breeds comfort and closeness … and romance.

24. One in five long-term love relationships began with one or both partners being involved with others.

25. OK, this one may not surprise you, but we had to share it: Having a romantic relationship makes both genders happier. The stronger the commitment, the greater the happiness!

Laura Schaefer is the author of Man with Farm Seeks Woman with Tractor.

Quote :: 20. A man's beard grows fastest when he anticipates sex.(Note: How the hell did they calculate that one???)

I actually know that one. When a man anticipates sex, his body begins to produce more testosterone, which is one of the main factors for the growth of facial and underarm hair. Since the man is now producing more testosterone, his facial hair begins to grow faster. It's the same as when someone is taking any type of steroids (be they anabolic or not), more testosterone is produced within the body, causing facial hair to grow quicker, and thicker.

So next time you see a man with a full beard, know! That man expects a lot of sex, lol.

Maybe thats why santa claus has such a large beard 0.0 >.>

Okay, thanks for putting that pedophile Santa image into my mind... Huge beard, gives free presents to kids...

Ryojin wrote:: Okay, thanks for putting that pedophile Santa image into my mind... Huge beard, gives free presents to kids...

OMG.....epic win.........so using that on the kids that live on my street...lol

and to think this all started with a love's funny facts >.>

hahah so wrong i love it. nobody will ever look at xmas the same again!!

But for me, Christmas has always been the way it is now, because I knew the secret from the beginning. In fact, Santa and I used to be very good friends - and probably, it was because of my stupid ideas filling inside his head that he grew such a long beard. In the past, Santa didn't have much beard. Did you know? But living in a world suppressing his lust for eternity, Santa really wanted to satisfy his lust somewhere. That is when my good friend came to me for advice.
Tell me, why do they show in the movies that Santa Claus does not exist and it is the child's father who dresses up as Santa Claus and lays the gifts before the Christmas Tree? People are so blind. That man who lays the gifts isn't actually the child's father, but actually Santa Claus dressed up as the father. Giving gifts to children is actually to hide his true intentions - that is, to dress up as the man of the house to have fun with the lady. Santa, disguised as the master of the house, would creep up the the master bedroom and say to the lady: "Darling, it's Christmas, let's have sex", and the lady would say: "I love you", and the two would start kissing and all. Yes, by that time, the real man had been done in with a tranquilizer and is resting in Santa's bag. When he wakes up in the morning, he will forget everything and live life as if nothing ever happened. Some may notice that the man in the house have a changed voice. They may think that it's because of a cold. But it's actually because he isn't the man of the house, but actually Santa Claus.

So beware the Santa Claus, because he's actually another of my minion thirsty for perversity in this perverse world...

Just so that we can go to the facts and away from the creepy Santa....
I have some comments to some of the love facts Smile

Soulmacia Orion wrote:: 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!)

heh, never though about that before.. But now Im thinking of it, yeah, I do tilt my head to the right.. Wonder why that is?

Soulmacia Orion wrote:: 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.

Nope, we were like rabbits affraid

Soulmacia Orion wrote:: 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.

I havnt even met my bf, before i felled in love, I only saw him on distances and he cought me eyes *sigh* Embarassed

Soulmacia Orion wrote:: 10. The women of the Tiwi tribe in the South Pacific are married at birth.

Holy f*ck!!! I hope that they are married to new born boys then..

Soulmacia Orion wrote:: 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.

If they arent sure if what they are doing is the right thing, its the wrong person they are going out with/are about to go out with...

Soulmacia Orion wrote:: 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.

He was my first love and we have been together in 3 years now Very Happy