#Hapenny200
Dublin's Ha'penny Bridge turns 200 today.
The internet has been flooded with tidbits you might not have known about Dublin's first pedestrian bridge, including the fact that it was named after the toll crossers were required to pay for its first hundred years and the fact that a whopping 30,000 people cross it daily.
Its "love locks" have long been a source of controversy, with engineers begging people not to copy the trend of locking padlocks to the iron and more than 300kg of locks removed by the council.
It's also a really popular spot for Dublin proposals, and with very good reason.
Psychologists have found that people find each other more attractive when walking on a bridge, particularly a shaky or small bridge.
A study, conducted by Art Aron and Donald Dutton in 1974, showed that this is down to "mis-attribution of fear".
This basically means that there are multiple types of arousal, and sometimes we can get confused by their source.
We feel arousal when looking down at the water while crossing a bridge but we're not sure if that arousal is fear or sexual, the bridge or the person we're with.
So if you're planning a date, why not celebrate the Ha'penny's birthday AND look more attractive at the same time? Win win.
Megan Cassidy | Web Team | 12:30pm
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