Love Fun Facts
Around one billion Valentine's cards are sent every year.
On average a woman kisses 79 men before getting married.
In trials, smelling the armpit of the man you love has been proven to reduce tension in women.
Similar tests showed women found ugly men more attractive when they were secretly exposed to the chemicals in their armpits.
Two out of five people marry their first love.
Valentine's Day and New Year's Eve are the busiest marriage days in Las Vegas.
British adults have sex an average of 135 times a year.
When trying to avoid sex, unmarried women under the age of 21 are statistically most likely to use the "headache" excuse.
One in five men propose on their knees.
In order of popularity, cards are sent to teachers, children, mothers, wives, girlfriends.
The average engagement lasts six months.
Twice as many men prefer bad sex to no sex.
The phrase "tie the knot" comes from Roman times, when the bride wore a girdle tied in knots that the groom later untied.
The average person falls in love seven times before marrying.
Fifty million roses are given worldwide on Valentine's Day.
Fifty-nine per cent of men think sex without love is fine and 50 per cent of women agree.
In a study on qualities considered essential for happy, long-lasting relationships, communication came first.
It takes between 90 seconds and four minutes to decide if you're attracted to someone.
The expression "wearing your heart on your sleeve" comes from a Valentine's Day party tradition. Women would write their names on slips of paper, which men would draw and wear on their sleeve to claim her as his valentine.
Men who kiss their wives goodbye every morning earn a higher wage than those who don't.
A study found that beautiful women go for more masculine men. Researchers think they are driven by the urge to have beautiful children.
The average marriage lasts 11-and-a-half years.
Eighty-five per cent of Valentine's cards are bought by women.
A study found no link between shoe size and penis size.
Wearing a wedding ring on the fourth finger of the left hand dates back to ancient Egypt, when it was believed the vein of love ran from this finger to the heart.
More than 10,000 marriages a year are romances which begin during coffee breaks.
Men and women both look for partners with a sense of humour, but for different reasons. Women believe a funny personality shows he is socially skilled, while men assume a woman who laughs in their company think he's great.
Women are attracted to men by their body odour. Research shows they choose men with different immune systems from their own so that together they can produce healthy children.
Two-thirds of women say a man's mind is most important to his attractiveness.
Women find men more attractive if other females show interest. This explains why women are often more attracted to married men.
The longest kiss lasted 417 hours.
Fifteen per cent of women send themselves flowers on Valentine's Day.
Hallmark alone design 1330 different cards for the big day.
Around three per cent of owners give Valentine's presents to pets.
A study found the health benefits of being married are so large that single men are at greater risk of dying young than smokers.
Lovers are happier. Kiss your partner every day and you can expect to live five years longer.
A BOTANIST has come up with a magic formula to get you in the mood for love - wild plants. Chris Kilham spent 35 years finding out which flora will spice things up between the sheets. The herb Rhodiola tops his list. He said: "Some of the plants are like Frank Sinatra for millions of people.
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