Chocolates and roses are common ways to mark Valentine's Day, but there are other, lesser‑known traditions to commemorate the holiday.| HISTORY
Valentine's Day is a time to celebrate romance and love and kissy-face fealty. But the ancient Romans had bloodier, drunker and more naked notions to mark the occasion.| NPR
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