People will go to great lenghts to find their one true love. Author Mark Twain was right when he said "Love is the irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired."

Valentine’s Day legends, facts and more. How did Valentine's Day get started? Why is it celebrated on February 14?

Legend: Valentine’s Day commemorate the anniversary of the death of St. Valentine, a Roman clergyman who was executed on Feb. 14, about 270 A.D., for secretly marrying couples in defiance of the emperor.

Legend: Valentine’s Day began as a Roman fertility festival.

Fact: In the 1840s, Esther Allen Howland (17 August 1828 - 15 March 1904), a native of Massachusetts, began to sell the nation’s first mass-produced valentine cards. (See related links)

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Did you know:

__The proportion of women in the U.S. 20 to 24 years old who had never married more than doubled between 1970 and 2003—-fr om 36 percent to 75 percent. Changes for men in this age group increased from 55 percent to 86 percent. (Source: U.S. Census)

__Attitudes on Office Romance have changed through the years. According to the results of a survey by the American Management Association 67% of managers and executives approve of employees' dating in the workplace. The results come from 391 voluntary responses to a survey of 21,000 people at AMA member companies in 2003. (Source: Fortune Small Business)

__There is a 'Valentine, Nebraska' and a 'Valentine, Texas'. How about 'Loving County, Texas' or 'Lovelady, Texas'. It seems that the State of Texas is just full of love.