From its bloody origins to its sweet, chocolaty
modern day traditions, these are 25 interesting
facts you didn’t know about Valentine’s Day.

25 The most popular theory about
Valentine's Day origin is that
Emperor Claudius II didn't want
Roman men to marry during
wartime. Bishop Valentine went
against his wishes and performed
secret weddings. For this, Valentine
was jailed and executed. While in
jail he wrote a note to the jailor's
daugter signing it "from your
Valentine".

24 In Victorian times it was considered
bad luck to sign a Valentine’s Day
card.

23 Based on retail statistics, about 3
per cent of pet owners will give
Valentine’s Day gifts to their pets.

22 About 1 billion Valentine’s Day cards
are exchanged each year. This
makes it the second largest
seasonal card sending time of the
year.

21 If you’re single don’t despair. You
can celebrate Singles Awareness
Day (SAD) instead.

20 Meant as an alternative to
Valentine’s Day, the holiday is for
single people to celebrate or to
commiserate in their single status.

19 Or you could pop over to Finland
where Valentine’s Day is called
Ystävänpäivä, which translates into
“Friend’s day”. It's more about
remembering your buddies than
your loved ones.

18 Many believe the X symbol became
synonymous with the kiss in
medieval times. People who couldn't
write their names signed in front of
a witness with an X. The X was then
kissed to show their sincerity.

17 Girls of medieval times ate bizarre
foods on St. Valentine's Day to
make them dream of their future
spouse.

16 In the Middle Ages, young men and
women drew names from a bowl to
see who would be their Valentine.
They would wear this name pinned
onto their sleeves for one week for
everyone to see. This was the origin
of the expression "to wear your
heart on your sleeve."

15 In 1537, England's King Henry VII
officially declared Feb. 14 the
holiday of St. Valentine's Day.

14 Physicians of the 1800s commonly
advised their patients to eat
chocolate to calm their pining for
lost love.

13 Richard Cadbury produced the first
box of chocolates for Valentine's
Day in the late 1800s.

12 More than 35 million heart-shaped
boxes of chocolate will be sold for
Valentine's day

11. 73 percent of people who buy
flowers for Valentine's Day are
men, while only 27 percent are
women.

10 15 percent of U.S. women send
themselves flowers on Valentine's
Day.

9 Over $1 billion worth of chocolate is
purchased for Valentine's Day in the
U.S.

8 Over 50 percent of all Valentine's
Day cards are purchased in the six
days prior to the holiday, making
Valentine's Day a procrastinator's
delight.

7 The red rose was the favorite flower
of Venus, the Roman goddess of
love.

6 Red roses are considered the flower
of love because the color red stands
for strong romantic feelings.

5 189 million stems of roses are sold
in the U.S. on Valentine's Day.

4 Women purchase approximately 85
percent of all valentines day gifts

3 Teachers will receive the most
Valentine's Day cards, followed by
children, mothers, wives,
sweethearts and pets.

2. 220,000 is the average number of
wedding proposals on Valentine's
Day each year.

1 Every Valentine's Day, the Italian
city of Verona, where
Shakespeare's lovers Romeo and
Juliet lived, receives about 1,000
letters addressed to Juliet.

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No 11 tho, lol

Cool!

Oh great!!! Will read when I wake up

johnydon22:
You see how much you girls deceive us ba?

lwkmd


Iz it my fault?

Why number backwards?

sinaj:
lwkmd

Iz it my fault?

Whose fault e come be.. Mine?