10 Interesting Facts About Valentine’s Day
14th February is upon us, so today we are sharing the love with these 10 crazy facts about the foremost romantic day of the year, Valentine’s Day.
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If you’d like better to read, here are the ten facts...
#1. Alexander Graham Bell patented the telephone on Valentine’s Day, 1876. In 2012, 230 million texts were sent – 11 million quite the other day in February.
#2. $12.9 billion is spent on Valentine’s Day annually. 200 million roses are produced specifically for the day, 73% of which are bought by men.
#3. Ikea Australia gave away a coupon for a free crib for babies born on the 14th November, which is strictly 9 months after Valentine’s Day. The coupon & proof of birth had to be shown.
#4. With three people referred to as St. Valentines linked with the 14th February, it's unclear which one the day actually honors. St. Valentine of Rome was beheaded for performing weddings secretly .
#5. Teddy Roosevelt’s diary entry for the 14th February 1884 reads: ‘The light has gone out of my life’. His mother and wife both gave up the ghost within hours of every other thereon day.
#6. Robert Indiana created the enduring LOVE image. It had been placed on a Valentine’s Day stamp in 1973 making the U.S.Post Office $25 million; Indiana never copyrighted the planning .
#7. In Japan, the custom of girls giving chocolate to men was started by Mary’s Chocolates in 1958. On the 14th March, or ‘White Day’, men give women cookies, jewelry & handbags.
#8. Valentine’s Day is banned in Saudi Arabia. The Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and also the Prevention of Vice restricts the sale of roses & anything red.
#9. On Valentine’s Day 2013, a Thai couple set the global record for the longest continuous kiss, which lasted for 58 hours, 35 minutes and 58 seconds, the couple also set the previous record in 2011.
#10. A Michigan-based lawyer runs a Valentine’s Day promotion, gifting away free divorces. In 2013, 600 people applied, with two winners chosen.
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