Thursday, February 9th, 2012 | Thursday Thirteen

St. Valentine’s Day Trivia

  1. Alexander Graham Bell applied for his patent on the telephone, on the Valentine’s Day, 1876.
  2. It wasn’t until 1537 that St. Valentine’s Day was declared an official holiday.England’s King Henry VIII declared February 14th a holiday in 1537 for the first time.
  3. Girls of medieval times ate bizarre foods on St. Valentine’s Day to make them dream of their future spouse.
  4. Richard Cadbury produced the first box of chocolates for Valentine’s Day in the late 1800′s.
  5. More than 35 million heart-shaped boxes of chocolate will be sold for Valentine’s Day.
  6. Over $1 billion worth of chocolate is purchased for Valentine’s Day in theU.S.
  7. 73% of people who buy flowers for Valentine’s Day are men, while only 27 percent are women.
  8. 15% ofU.S.women send themselves flowers on Valentine’s Day.
  9. The red rose was the favorite flower of Venus, the Roman goddess of love.
  10. Red roses are considered the flower of love because the color red stands for strong romantic feelings.
  11. 189 million stems of roses are sold in theU.S.on Valentine’s Day.
  12. Approximately 110 million roses, mostly red, will be sold and delivered within the three-day Valentine’s Day time period.
  13. Approximately one billion Valentines are sent out worldwide each year according to estimates by the U.S. Greeting Card Association. That’s second only to Christmas.

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