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Just For Fun
Valentine's Day Edition

“Love is like an hourglass, with the heart filling up as the brain empties.”
- Jules Renard

 

 

 

 

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From: http://www.corsinet.com/braincandy/valtrivia.html

  1. 15% of U.S. women send themselves flowers on Valentine's Day.
  2. About 3% of pet owners will give Valentine's Day gifts to their pets.
  3. During the late 1800s, postage rates around the world dropped, and the obscene St. Valentine's Day card became popular, despite the Victorian era being otherwise very prudish. As the numbers of racy valentines grew, several countries banned the practice of exchanging Valentine's Days cards. During this period, Chicago's post office rejected more than 25,000 cards on the grounds that they were so indecent, they were not fit to be carried through the U.S. mail.
  4. Hallmark has over 1330 different cards specifically for Valentine's Day.
  5. In the United States, 64 percent of men do not make plans in advance for a romantic Valentine's Day with their sweethearts.
  6. In Victorian times it was considered bad luck to sign a Valentine's Day card.
  7. One single perfect red rose framed with baby's breath is referred to by some florists as a "signature rose," and is the preferred choice for many for giving on Valentine's Day, anniversary, or birthday.
  8. Teachers will receive the most Valentine's Day cards, followed by children, mothers, wives, and then, sweethearts. Children ages 6 to 10 exchange more than 650 million Valentine's cards with teachers, classmates, and family members.
  9. The Italian city of Verona, where Shakespeare's lovers Romeo and Juliet lived, receives about 1,000 letters addressed to Juliet every Valentine's Day.
  10. Valentine's Day is big business. Consumers will spend an average of $77.43 on Valentine's Day gifts this year. E-commerce retailers expect to rack up about $650 million in sales of food, candy, flowers, and other Valentine's Day gifts. Of that amount about $350 million will be for gifts and flowers and another $45 million will be spent on food (including chocolate) and wine.