In 2012, a Chinese man named Xiao Fan had a dress made out of 9,999 red roses for his girlfriend and then proposed - 9 in China means forever
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In Korea, there's a man named Lee Jin-gyu who fell in love and married his life-sized Japanese body pillow (called a "dakimakura").
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Close to 110 million roses (mostly red) will be purchased and delivered around Valentine's Day in the U.S.
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In 1999, a fisherman found a love letter in a bottle from a soldier in WWI. He returned said letter to the now deceased widows 86 year old daughter.
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Speed dating was invented by a Rabbi in 1999.
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One in five long-term love relationships began with one or both partners being involved with others.
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