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10 unnecessarily retarded facts about love (Valentine's Day)

By Kiki Duren | #!28Sat, 14 Feb 2026 06:45:38 +0100+01:003828#28Sat, 14 Feb 2026 06:45:38 +0100+01:00-6Europe\/Amsterdam2828Europe\/Amsterdam202628 14am28am-28Sat, 14 Feb 2026 06:45:38 +0100+01:006Europe\/Amsterdam2828Europe\/Amsterdam2026282026Sat, 14 Feb 2026 06:45:38 +0100456452amSaturday=9#!28Sat, 14 Feb 2026 06:45:38 +0100+01:00Europe\/Amsterdam2#02-14-2026#!28Sat, 14 Feb 2026 06:45:38 +0100+01:003828#\/28Sat, 14 Feb 2026 06:45:38 +0100+01:00-6Europe\/Amsterdam2828Europe\/Amsterdam202628#!28Sat, 14 Feb 2026 06:45:38 +0100+01:00Europe\/Amsterdam2#

For some it's the day of love, for others a commercial gimmick. Either way: the day of luv is celebrated worldwide as a crazy event today. Time to dig up some facts about Valentine's Day. Did you know this?

1. But starting right away with the basics: we owe Valentine's Day to Bishop Valentinus. This romantic married lovers in secret, despite the emperor having forbidden it. Too bad the emperor found out anyway and sentenced the bishop to death. Valentinus was beheaded on February 14. That day was later declared the Day of Love.

2. In Germany, by the way, Valentine's Day is not celebrated at all; there it is considered an unlucky day. That's because 14 February is the birthday of Judas: Jesus' traitor.

3. Fortunately, Argentines are nice and romantic. For these lovebirds, one day is not enough. They pull out a whole week to celebrate Valentine's Day. Awh.

4. Valentine's Day is one of the most popular days to propose marriage. Around the world, around 200,000 marriage proposals are made on 14 February.

5. Fun fact: teachers receive the most Valentine's Day cards.

6. Did you know that around 30 million Valentine cards, emails and apps are sent in the Netherlands every year?

7. Florists earn twice as much on Valentine's Day as on normal days.

8. By the way, most er, condoms are also bought in the month of February. And most pregnancy tests are sold in March. Just saying.

9. Did you know that around 1800, doctors advised patients to eat chocolate to calm down after losing a loved one?

10. On average, young people under 25 buy the most gifts for their beloved. From the age of 55, only 1 in 10 couples still give each other something. Naaaaa.