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Yuppy and puppy love: Fun facts about love

Yuppy and puppy love

Percent of married parents who go out on a date at least once a month: 33

Percent who never go out on a date: 20

Percent who say they wish they were intimate more often: 55

Number of Valentine cards, destined for other places, that are first mailed to Loveland, Colo., for the city’s famous postal cancellation: More than 200,000

Percent of the U.S. population with at least one pet: 62

Number of “granddog” items sold on CafePress.com: 55,000

Seasonal stats

Annual fee Boy Scouts paid in 1913, three years after the organization’s Feb. 8 founding: 25 cents

Annual fee today: $15

Year Anthony Thomas was named the two millionth Eagle Scout: 2009

Number of former Boy Scouts who became astronauts: 181

Number of children’s and teens’ clubs on board the new Disney Dream cruise ship: 5

Amount an amateur filmmaker will win for creating the most popular Doritos or Pepsi MAX commercial to air during the Super Bowl, on Feb. 6: $1 million

Percent increase in sales of antacids immediately after the Super Bowl: 20

Sources: Areyouromantic.com, Capper’s, Newsweek, Scouting.org, Disneycruisenews.com, Crashthesuperbowl.com, CBSNews.com

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