Re: MisfitsCafe.com - Valentine's Day Trivia

 

A lot of good trivia here...  Wonder how may children are the products of today...  Good Morning

On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 7:09 AM, James Lohnes <jimbo814@comcast.net> wrote:

 

Valentine's Day is celebrated in the United States, Canada, Mexico, the United Kingdom, France and Australia.   Love is something, which makes everyone and everything, flow and perhaps there is no living being whom this bug has never bitten. May this Valentine's Day be filled with love, understanding, and contentment as you journey through life with all your near and dear ones.   History Trivia   1. February 15th was the date of the Roman festival of Lupercalia - where young men held a lottery to decide which girl would be theirs.   2. During Medieval times, girls ate unusual foods on St. Valentine's Day to have a dream of their future husband.   3. In the middle Ages, people believed that the first unmarried person of the opposite sex you met on the morning of St. Valentine's Day would become your spouse.   4. In the middle of the 17th century even married people took a Valentine - not always their legal other half!   5. Alexander Graham Bell applied for his patent on the telephone, on the Valentine's Day, 1876.   6. 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.   7. On February 14, 1779, the natives of Hawaii murdered Captain James Cook the great English explorer and navigator.   8. Some people believed that if a woman saw a robin-flying overhead on Valentine's Day, it meant she would marry a sailor and if she saw a sparrow, she would marry a poor man and be very happy. If she saw a goldfinch, she would marry a very rich person.   9. The Taj Mahal at Agra, India is perhaps the most splendid gift of love.  Built by the Mughal Emperor Shahjahan in memory of his beautiful wife, Mumtaz Mahal.    10. In England, the Romans, who had taken over the country, had introduced a pagan fertility festival held every February 14. After the Romans left England, Pope Gelsius, who established St. Valentine's Day as a celebration of love in 496 A.D abolished the pagan ritual.   11. In Victorian times it was considered bad luck to sign a Valentine's Day card.   12. In 1929 in Chicago, gunmen in the suspected employment of organized-crime boss Al Capone murder seven members of the George "Bugs" Moran North Siders gang in a garage on North Clark Street. The so-called St. Valentine's Day Massacre stirred a media storm centered on Capone and his illegal Prohibition-era activities and motivated federal authorities to redouble their efforts to find evidence incriminating enough to take him off the streets.   13. In the Middle Ages, young men and women drew names from a bowl to see who their valentines would be. They would wear these names on their sleeves for one week. To wear your heart on your sleeve now means that it is easy for other people to know how you are feeling.   14. February 15th was the date of the Roman festival of Lupercalia - where young men held a lottery to decide which girl would be theirs.   15. During Medieval times, girls ate unusual foods on St. Valentine's Day to have a dream of their future husband. In the middle Ages, people believed that the first unmarried person of the opposite sex you met on the morning of St. Valentine's Day would become your spouse.   16. In the middle of the 17th century even married people took a Valentine - not always their legal other half!   17. Alexander Graham Bell applied for his patent on the telephone, on the Valentine's Day, 1876.   18. 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.   19. On February 14, 1779, the natives of Hawaii murdered Captain James Cook the great English explorer and navigator.   20. The act of kissing can be traced back to primitive times, when mothers fondled their children, much as mothers do today.   21. Much later, in the sixth century, society apparently accepted the custom of kissing between adults as an expression of their affection.   22. Giving flowers dates back to the 1700s when Charles II of Sweden introduced the Persian custom of "the language of flowers" to Europe.   23. Centuries ago, a woman would drop her handkerchief in front of the man she liked. This was a form of encouragement to him, and if he picked it up for her an introduction could be made.   24.In England, the Romans, who had taken over the country, had introduced a pagan fertility festival held every February 14. After the Romans left England, Pope Gelsius, who established St. Valentine's Day as a celebration of love in 496 A.D abolished the pagan ritual.   25. In the Middle Ages, most people couldn't read or write. Important documents were signed with an X and kissed in order to show themselves trustworthy. The kiss has since come to be represented by an X.         Statistic Trivia   1. About 3% of pet owners will give Valentine's Day gifts to their pets.   2. In the United States, 64 percent of men do not make plans in advance for a romantic Valentine's Day with their sweethearts.   3. 15% of U.S. women send themselves flowers on Valentine's Day.   4. In the United States over 1 billion valentine cards are sent each year.  That's the largest seasonal card-sending occasion of the year, next to Christmas.   5. Parents get 1 out of every 5 valentines.   6. Women buy 85% of all valentines.   7. 73% of people who buy flowers for Valentine's Day are men, while only 27 percent are women.       Romantic Trivia   1. Famous Valentines Day weddings - The Captain & Tennille, Elton John & Renate Blauel, Leeza Gibbons & Stephen Meadows, Meg Ryan & Dennis Quaid,  Grateful Dead's Jerry Garcia & Deborah Koons, Roseanne, of Rosanne & Ben Thomas, Prince & Mayte Garcia, Sharon Stone & Phil Bronstein, Diane Ladd & Robert Charles Hunter.   2. In Wales, wooden love spoons were carved and given as gifts, Hearts, keys and keyholes were favorite decorations on the spoons. The decoration meant, "You unlock my heart!"   3. The Empire State Building in New York City played a prominent role in the movie Sleepless in Seattle. This year 15 couples will take (or renew) their vows on the 80th floor of this famous landmark.   4. In Wales, love spoons of wood were carved and given as gifts on February 14th. Hearts, keys and keyholes formed the favorite theme of decorations on the spoons, which together symbolized- "You unlock my heart!"   5. Some people believed that if a woman saw a robin-flying overhead on Valentine's Day, it meant she would marry a sailor and if she saw a sparrow, she would marry a poor man and be very happy. If she saw a goldfinch, she would marry a very rich person.

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