Fridays Fun Facts: Valentines Edition

188 million Valentine’s Day cards are exchanged annually, making Valentine’s Day the second-most popular greeting-card-giving occasion

Over 50 percent of all Valentine’s Day cards are purchased in the six days prior to Febuary 14th

There are 119 single men (i.e., never married, widowed or divorced) who are in their 20s for every 100 single women of the same ages

1,241: The number of locations producing chocolate and cocoa products in 2004

 Among states, California is the leading producer of cut flower’s accounting for nearly three-quarters of the supply($289 million).

And as always, my favorite…..

The per capita consumption of candy by Americans in 2005 was 25.7 pounds EACH