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On Valentine`s Day every year, there are at least 36 million heart shape boxes of chocolates sold.
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On average, men spend double the amount of money on Valentine`s Day gifts than women spend. The average amount a man spends is $130.
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There are enough candy hearts made each year to stretch from Valentine, Arizona to Rome, Italy, and back again. The number of these candy hearts produced is approximately 8 billion.
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There are approximately 50 million roses given on Valentine`s Day around the world.
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Women tend to buy approximately 85% of all the Valentine`s Day cards sold.
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Valentine`s Day is the second most popular day of the year for sending cards, second only to Christmas.
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There are approximately 1 billion Valentine`s Day cards exchanged every year in the U.S. alone.
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Approximately 27 percent of those who buy flowers on Valentine`s Day are women. The other 73% are men.
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The phrase to wear your heart on your sleeve has historical meaning. In the middle ages young people would draw the name of their valentine from a bowl. They had to wear the name on their sleeve for one week.
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Every Valentine`s Day, the Italian city of Verona receives approximately 1,000 letters that have been addressed to Juliet. This is where Romeo and Juliet, the young lovers in Shakespeare`s play, lived.
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The first Valentine`s Day candy box was invented by Richard Cadbury in the late 19th century.
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On Valentine`s Day, 1876, Alexander Graham Bell applied for his telephone patent.
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Cupid is the son of Venus. Venus was the god of beauty and love.
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Approximately 15% of women send themselves flowers on Valentine`s Day.
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In 1537, King Henry the Eighth declared that February 14th was a holiday. King Henry the Eighth had most of his wives executed because they did not give birth to a son.
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At least 9 million people buy their pets a gift on Valentine`s Day.
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In the middle ages, superstition said that if you were single, you would end up marrying the first single person of the opposite sex that you met on Valentine`s Day.
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Penicillin was introduced on February 14th in 1929.
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After St. Valentine was buried, Julia, the daughter of his jailor, planted an almond tree with pink blossoms near his grave. The almond tree today is a symbol of lasting friendship and love.
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