1. Happy Valentine’s Day from STAT 115 Teaching Staffs

2. Charles, Duke of Orleans, was one of the first people to send a ‘valentine’. In 1415 he sent several rhyming love letters or ‘valentines’ to his wife in France from the Tower of London, where he had been imprisoned after the Battle of Agincourt.

3. White roses are for true love. Red roses are for passion. Yellow roses are for friendship. Black roses mean farewell.

4. It was thought that birds chose their mate for the year on February 14th. Doves and pigeons mate for life and so were used as symbols of fidelity.

5. Happy Valentine’s Day

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