As Cupid sharpens his arrows in anticipation of Valentine's day, instead of boring you with ideas of what to get your Mrs, here are the best facts about Valentine's day. Who knew teachers get the most cards?!
-We spend an average of $109 on Valentine's day gifts every year.
-We love sweets- 8 Billion candy hearts are made each year and every year.
-The first Valentine's chocolate box was made by Richard Cadbury in 1868.
-On Valentine’s Day 2000, the producer of Viagra, Pfizer, funded an impotence awareness day in Britain.
-Flower Power- 73% of flower sales are due to panicked men on Valentine's day.
-The condom company Durex, reports that condom sales are 20-30% higher around Valentine’s Day.
-Valentine’s Day is a $14.7 billion industry in the U.S.
-On Valentine’s Day, nearly 189 million stems of roses are sold in America alone.
-On Valentine’s Day 2010, 39,897 people in Mexico City broke the record for the world’s largest group kiss.
-Lace is often used on Valentine decorations. The word “lace” comes from the Latinlaques, meaning “to snare or net,” as in to catch a person’s heart.
-Teachers receive the most Valentine’s cards, followed by children, mothers, and wives. Children between the ages of 6-10 exchange more than 650 million Valentine cards a year.
-A kiss on Valentine’s Day is considered to bring good luck all year.
-Saint Valentine is the patron saint of lovers and engaged couples. He is also the patron saint of epilepsy (which he is said to have suffered from), the plague, greetings, travellers, young people, and beekeepers.
-Each year 300,000 letters go through Loveland, Colorado, to get a special heart stamp cancellation for Valentine’s Day.
