1. Americans send roughly 145 million Valentine’s Day cards each year

   2. The first heart-shaped box of chocolates was introduced in 1861

   3. Conversation hearts got their start as medical lozenges

   4. Nearly 6 million couples get engaged on Valentine’s Day

   5. Teachers are the number one recipients of Valentines

   6. In Japan, women do most of the gifting on Valentine’s Day

   7. Valentine’s Day was initially a Roman festival of fertility

   8. Cupid began as a Greek God

   9. There was more than one Saint Valentine

   10. The Victorians began the tradition of giving flowers for Valentine’s day