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• The celebration of Valentine’s Day can be traced back as far as a Roman fertility festival of Lupercalia. On Lupercalia, a young man would draw the name of a young woman in a lottery and would then ...

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Feb. 14 (UPI) -- Friday's Google Doodle celebrates Valentine's Day. The artwork shows a variety of yummy-looking chocolates ...

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