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title: "32 Interesting Facts About Dating"
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# 32 Interesting Facts About Dating

Here are 32 interesting Dating facts.

## 1-5 Dating Facts

[![Image credit: en.wikipedia.org](https://www.kickassfacts.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Scott_Weiland.jpg)](https://www.kickassfacts.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Scott_Weiland.jpg)Image credit: en.wikipedia.org

1. In 1986, Scott Weiland met bassist Robert DeLeo at a Black Flag concert in Long Beach, [California](https://www.kickassfacts.com/25-interesting-facts-about-california/). The two of them were discussing their love interests when they realized they were both dating the same girl. They developed a bond over the incident and ended up forming Stone Temple Pilots. - [Source](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Weiland)

2. An active serial killer was a contestant on The Dating Game and was the winner of the game. - [Source](http://www.rollingstone.com/culture/videos/flashback-serial-killer-appears-on-the-dating-game-w444215)

3. Ashton Kutcher had a girlfriend who was murdered by a serial killer while they were dating. - [Source](http://www.intouchweekly.com/posts/ashton-kutcher-s-girlfriend-was-murdered-by-a-serial-killer-while-they-were-dating-46410)

4. Ashley Madison — a dating website for married people who want to cheat on their spouses — was sued for $21 million by a former employee who says she damaged her wrists while typing up hundreds of fake profiles of sexy women. - [Source](http://news.nationalpost.com/news/canada/woman-hurt-typing-fake-profiles-of-sexy-women-for-dating-site-ashley-madison-20m-suit-alleges)

5. Wearing a red shirt will get you more action on online dating sites and will make it easier for you to hitchhike. - [Source](http://www.npr.org/2013/04/05/176339686/drunk-tank-pink-finds-clues-to-behavior)

## 6-10 Dating Facts

[![Gay-bars-open](https://www.kickassfacts.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Gay-bars-open.jpg)](https://www.kickassfacts.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Gay-bars-open.jpg)

6. The gay bars are in sharp decline as a result of it becoming more socially acceptable to be openly gay in "normal" bars, and online dating apps and websites making it easier to meet potential partners. - [Source](https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/jul/15/goodbye-to-all-the-gay-bars-are-dating-apps-killing-queer-culture)

7. According to research conducted by OkCupid, black women are the least popular on online dating sites even though they are the most likely to respond. - [Source](https://theblog.okcupid.com/how-your-race-affects-the-messages-you-get-39c68771b99e)

8. A substitute teacher was fired after she asked her 4th-grade students for dating advice. She had her class to help her decide between two men she was seeing. - [Source](https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20140521/edenwald/substitute-teacher-fired-for-asking-4th-graders-for-dating-advice)

9. In a 1993 episode of Seinfeld, Elaine was dating a guy who shared a named with serial killer Joel Rifkin. She suggested to him that he change his name to O.J. like the [football](https://www.kickassfacts.com/25-kickass-and-interesting-facts-about-footballsoccer/) player. The following year O.J. was charged with double murder. - [Source](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Masseuse_(Seinfeld))

10. One of the most accomplished American female recurve archers, Erika Eiffel, is married to the Eiffel Tower, dated her bow, and had a decades-long relationship with the Berlin Wall. She is currently dating a crane. - [Source](https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/breaking-up-with-the-eiffel-tower)

## 11-15 Dating Facts

[![Image credit: en.wikipedia.org](https://www.kickassfacts.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Sunny_Leone.jpg)](https://www.kickassfacts.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Sunny_Leone.jpg)Image credit: en.wikipedia.org

11. Pornstar Sunny Leone dated Comedian Russel peters and his "dating a pornstar" set (in comments)is actually about her. - [Source](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunny_Leone#Personal_life)

12. Paul Reubens tested out the appeal of the Pee Wee Herman character by responding to a cattle call audition for the Dating Game. They called him to appear on the show before he even made it back home. - [Source](http://www.interviewmagazine.com/culture/paul-reubens/print/)

13. Lincoln’s son was dating Lucy Hale while she was engaged to John Wilkes Booth. - [Source](http://semiproper.com/abraham-lincoln/)

14. The "Little Red-Haired Girl" in Peanuts was based on Donna Mae Johnson.After dating for three years Schulz proposed to her but she turned him down. - [Source](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Red-Haired_Girl)

15. Playboy Clubs tested their Bunnies on the policy of not dating customers by sending in men to ask them out. If a Bunny agreed to have [coffee](https://www.kickassfacts.com/25-interesting-facts-about-coffee/) together, her photo would be posted on a bulletin board and be fined. - [Source](http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2002-11-15/features/0211150002_1_james-kaminsky-arthur-kretchmer-editor-at-maxim-magazine/4)

## 16-20 Dating Facts

[![online-dating](https://www.kickassfacts.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/online-dating.jpg)](https://www.kickassfacts.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/online-dating.jpg)

16. Thirty-five percent of the people who use personal ads for dating are already married. - [Source](https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=cjB5_pIOa8gC&pg=PA91&lpg=PA91&dq=Thirty-five+percent+of+the+people+who+use+personal+ads+for+dating+are+already+married&source=bl&ots=0sSGLQEN_4&sig=D1k-Ge-QrkhgSUsJMGniGO4kQ6w&hl=en&sa=X&ei=aQZrVdKcKoqwUZ2QgMAM&ved=0CEUQ6AEwBw#v=onepage&q=Thirty-five%20percent%20of%20the%20people%20who%20use%20personal%20ads%20for%20dating%20are%20already%20married&f=false)

17. People end up with partners who are way more attractive because they knew their partner well prior to dating. Couples who have known each other longer before dating tend to have more mixed attractiveness. - [Source](http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0956797615579273)

18. In [Iceland](https://www.kickassfacts.com/40-amazing-iceland-facts/), there is a dating app that tells users if someone is related to them so that they do not accidentally have incest, due to the counties small population and lack of immigrants. - [Source](http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/04/23/iceland-s-incest-prevention-app-gets-people-to-bump-their-phones-before-bumping-in-bed.html)

19. The "half-your-age-plus-seven" dating rule was mentioned in The Autobiography of Malcolm X. - [Source](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_disparity_in_sexual_relationships#The_.22half-your-age-plus-seven.22_rule)

20. The [sex](https://www.kickassfacts.com/25-kickass-and-interesting-facts-about-sex/) scene between Julie Christie and Donald Sutherland in 'Don't Look Now' looked so real that Warren Beatty, who was dating Julie Christie at the time, tried to get it removed because he genuinely thought the two had sex. - [Source](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don%27t_Look_Now#Sex_scene_controversy)

## 21-25 Dating Facts

[![Image credit: en.wikipedia.org](https://www.kickassfacts.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Toontown-sign.jpg)](https://www.kickassfacts.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Toontown-sign.jpg)Image credit: en.wikipedia.org

21. According to Walt Disney, Mickey and Minnie Mouse are married in their "private lives" but are portrayed as only dating for "screen purposes". - [Source](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mickey_Mouse_universe#Continuity_development)

22. While Mozart and his future wife Constanze were dating- they briefly broke up after she allowed a man to measure her calves during a parlor game. - [Source](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constanze_Mozart)

23. Queen Elizabeth II and her husband Prince Philip started dating when he was 18 and she was 13. - [Source](http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/events/elizabeth_iis_wedding)

24. "There is no compelling evidence that any online dating matching algorithm actually works." - [Source](http://www.psychologicalscience.org/news/releases/grading-the-online-dating-industry.html#.WPRKYfmGPIU)

25. A distinguished professor of physics and astronomy at UNC-Chapel Hill was tricked by someone he met on an online dating site into smuggling 2 kilos of cocaine into Argentina. - [Source](http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/news/2012/nov/22/paul-frampton-hit-by-56-month-drugs-sentence)

## 26-32 Dating Facts

[![youtube](https://www.kickassfacts.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/youtube.jpg)](https://www.kickassfacts.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/youtube.jpg)

26. Youtube began as a dating website. - [Source](https://www.cnet.com/news/youtube-started-as-an-online-dating-site/)

27. The chances you dating a Supermodel are 1 in 88,000 while the chances you winning the Powerball Jackpot are 1 in 175 million. - [Source](http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/powerball-jackpot-grows-500m-odds-article-1.2111074)

28. Dating was "invented" in 1890-s when people started moving to the big cities and women also started working and going to the universities. Before that young men and women could only meet in a "supervised environment" usually with family members or members of the community. - [Source](https://hbr.org/ideacast/2016/08/how-work-changed-love.html)

29. The 19th-century telegraph network has also been nicknamed "Victorian Internet". People used it for dating, fraud, hacking and spam. - [Source](https://tomstandage.wordpress.com/books/the-victorian-internet/)

30. Senior citizens are happier living segregated in senior communities, because of shared lifestyles, experiences, and opportunities for dating. - [Source](http://www.tomfit247.com/2015/09/americas-social-senior-segregation.html)

31. When Amish couples are dating, part of the ritual is "Bed Courting" in which they lay in bed and cuddle, sometimes for up to a year. - [Source](http://www.exploring-amish-country.com/amish-dating.html)

32. There are women who date prisoners because a big pool of young males is in prison. They meet through dating websites meant for inmates and the outside world. - [Source](https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2013/02/young-married-and-incarcerated-prisoners-find-romance-behind-bars/273163/)