Red is the color of "stop," but it’s also the color of love, and a woman wearing red is often seen as giving "go" signals–either intentionally or unintentionally–to the men around her, and it makes men feel more amorous towards women too: When a man takes a red-wearing woman on a date, he’ll spend more money on her.
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Over the centuries, many different foods have been touted as aphrodisiacs. Some of these are ridiculous, like rhino horns (which simply have the right, er, SHAPE). Others are downright dangerous for the animals being consumed. Forget the oysters and the champagne this Valentine’s Day. If you want to keep your true love’s heart beating strong, the real food of love is dark chocolate and red wine.
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Science is finally studying what happens after sex–sleep or cuddling. It’s not that men sleep and women cuddle, it’s more subtle than that. A recent study shows that the tendency to fall asleep first after sex is associated with a greater in your partner for bonding and affection (so try to stay awake and cuddle for awhile).
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When Christopher Columbus and his crew landed on our shores in 1492, he brought many things with him–among them, the dreaded sexual disease syphilis, which can damage the heart, brain, eyes and bones, and can also be fatal.
This is shown by recent Indian skeletal evidence. In LiveScience.com, Charles Q. Choi quotes evolutionary biologist Kristin Harper as saying, "All of the skeletons that showed definite signs of (syphillis) appeared to be dated to after Columbus returned to Europe."
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