Facts about Valentine’s Day

On 14th February world Celebrate Valentine's Day, as Valentine's Day comes once more, with flowers, chocolates and gifts let's take a look the secrets of this day.Know all about the facts that tell the story behind the Valentine's Day.

• Valentine’s Day was first introduced to Japan in 1936 and has become widely popular.

• 73% of people who buy flowers for Valentine's Day are men, while only 27 percent are women.

• Approximately 110 million roses, mostly red, will be sold and delivered within the three-day Valentine's Day time period.

• The most fantastic gift of love is the Taj Mahal in India. It was built by Mughal Emperor Shahjahan as a memorial to his wife.

• Every Valentine's Day, the Italian city of Verona, where Shakespeare's lovers Romeo and Juliet lived, receives about 1,000 letters addressed to Juliet.

• Red hearts are a ubiquitous Valentine symbol. Red is traditionally associated with the color of blood. At one time, people thought that the heart, which pumps blood, was the part of the body that felt love. In fact, when the Egyptians mummified their dead for burial, they removed every organ but the heart because they believed the heart was the only part of the body necessary for the trip through eternity.

• More than 36 million heart-shaped boxes of chocolate are sold for Valentine's Day each year.

• Alexander Graham Bell applied for his patent on the telephone, an "Improvement in Telegraphy", on Valentine's Day, 1876.

• In some Latin American countries Valentine's Day is known as "Día del Amor y la Amistad" (Day of Love and Friendship)