The completely unromantic — but real — reason we give roses on Valentine’s Day

UPS has said it expects to deliver 100 million flowers this Valentine’s Day -- about 9 million pounds of bouquets, enough to fill 70 Boeing 767s – and that most of those flowers would come from Latin America.
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