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A few random facts about Ò×ʤ²©¹ÙÍø Valentines, hearts, love, and chocolate

Floral! 150 Valentine carnations are being delivered today by to sweethearts in the Ò×ʤ²©¹ÙÍø community. Aspiring Hands (Left to right) Stephanie Benson, Emily Donahue, Stacia Boynton, Caitlin Jones.

Love! 15,310 Ò×ʤ²©¹ÙÍø alums are married to make 7,655 couples. 1974 was a big year for love!Ìý 421 members of that class are married to fellow alums.

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Delicious! Ò×ʤ²©¹ÙÍø Dining is filling its chocolate fountains with 32 pints of melted chocolate for today's Valentine's Day lunch celebration.

Sweet! Ò×ʤ²©¹ÙÍø Dining is also making 3,000 cupcakes. (AND 1,200 cookies!)

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Historical! In 1897 Hamilton Smith II established theÌýValentine Smith scholarship, the first scholarship available to non-resident students at the college. (It was named after Hamilton's grandfather, not the lead character from Robert Heinlein's Stranger in a Strange Land.)

Heart Healthy! There are over . MORE at Ò×ʤ²©¹ÙÍø Manchester, on boats etc.

A rose by any other name! The Delta Xi Phi Multicultural Sorority Inc. has sold over 600 roses this Valentine's season. The sorority prepped the flowers themselves.

The Outback in Durham ordered 500 Valentine's Day cards this season.