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Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Valentine’s Day

by — February 14, 2012 — No comments

Happy Valentine’s Day, Muses! Love it or hate it, you probably don’t know all the intimate details of this annual event. How many candy hearts are manufactured eah year? (Eight billion.) What do we actually know about St. Valentine? (Turns out, not much.) And how much money do people spend on Valentine’s gifts for their pets? (More than you would think.)

Before you head out to celebrate, take a look to learn some little-known V-Day facts, plus find out how much we spend and what we purchase for this quintessential Hallmark holiday.

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JuJu writes and produces interactive graphics for The Daily Muse. Besides indulging her inner Adobe Flash nerd, she enjoys shopping, watching Pittsburgh Steelers football games and baking dessert items. JuJu attends Northwestern University, where she writes and edits for the Daily Northwestern and studies journalism and psychology.

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