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deltron80

Happy Valentine's Day!

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Interesting article on the origins of the holiday...apparently it wasn't just made up by Hallmark!

http://www.npr.org/2011/02/13/133693152/the-dark-origins-of-valentines-day?ft=1&f=1001

"From February 13 to 15, the Romans celebrated the feast of Lupercalia. The men sacrificed a goat and a dog, then whipped women with the hides of the animals they had just slain."

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