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Valentine's Trivia
73% of people
who buy flowers for Valentine's
Day are men, while only 27
percent are women.
About 1 billion Valentine's Day
cards are exchanged each year.
That's the largest seasonal
card-sending occasion of the
year, next to Christmas.
About 3% of pet owners will give
Valentine's Day gifts to their
pets.
Alexander Graham Bell applied
for his patent on the telephone,
an "Improvement in Telegraphy",
on Valentine's Day, 1876.
California produces 60 percent
of American roses, but the vast
number sold on Valentine's Day
in the United States are
imported, mostly from South
America. Approximately 110
million roses, the majority red,
will be sold and delivered
within a three-day time period.
Cupid, another symbol of
Valentines Day, became
associated with it because he
was the son of Venus, the Roman
god of love and beauty. Cupid
often appears on Valentine cards
holding a bow and arrows because
he is believed to use magical
arrows to inspire feelings of
love.
| Please forward
this card to all the
friends and family
in your address
book. Imagine the
love that will be
shared today, if we all
forward this to our
friends and families. |
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