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

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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".
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24
In Victorian times it was considered bad luck to sign
a Valentine’s Day card.
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23
Based on retail statistics, about 3 per cent of pet
owners will give Valentine’s Day gifts to their pets.
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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
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21
If you’re single don’t despair. You can celebrate
Singles Awareness Day (SAD) instead.
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20
Meant as an alternative to Valentine’s Day, the
holiday is for single people to celebrate or to
commiserate in their single status.
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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.
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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.
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17
Girls of medieval times ate bizarre foods on St.
Valentine's Day to make them dream of their future
spouse.
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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."
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15
In 1537, England's King Henry VII officially declared
Feb. 14 the holiday of St. Valentine's Day.
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14
Physicians of the 1800s commonly advised their
patients to eat chocolate to calm their pining for lost
love.
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13
Richard Cadbury produced the first box of
chocolates for Valentine's Day in the late 1800s.
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12
More than 35 million heart-shaped boxes of
chocolate will be sold for Valentine's Day.
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11
73 percent of people who buy flowers for
Valentine's Day are men, while only 27 percent are
women.
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10
15 percent of U.S. women send themselves flowers
on Valentine's Day.
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9
Over $1 billion worth of chocolate is purchased for
Valentine's Day in the U.S.
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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.
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7
The red rose was the favorite flower of Venus, the
Roman goddess of love.
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6
Red roses are considered the flower of love
because the color red stands for strong romantic
feelings.
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5
189 million stems of roses are sold in the U.S. on
Valentine's Day.
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Women purchase approximately 85 percent of all
valentines day gifts

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Teachers will receive the most Valentine's Day
cards, followed by children, mothers, wives,
sweethearts and pets.
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220,000 is the average number of wedding
proposals on Valentine's Day each year.
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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.

Feb 14th noted, but what follows after? Unwanted........ Complete the sentence

Interesting...
26. 85% of ladies punnany gets disflowered nd re-serviced dat day..