Happy Valentine’s Day! On behalf of the team at Online Dating Magazine, we wish you a safe and romantic day. Here are some interesting Valentine’s Day statistics…

> Valentine’s Day is the second biggest day for Greeting Card companies. Only at Christmas are more cards sold. Every year there are more than $1 billion in Valentine’s Day card sales.

> Single males outnumber single females – 119 to 100, creating a better selection for women in search of love.

> For the first time ever, two major online dating services – LavaLife and eHarmony are making their services free for the entire month of February.

> 73% of people who buy flowers on Valentine’s Day are male. There’s no stat as to how many of the females buying flowers are secretaries buying them for their boss to give to his wife.

> While men buy the majority of flowers on Valentine’s Day, women buy the majority of Valentine’s Day cards – 83% to 17%.

> Valentine’s Day is the biggest day of the year for proposals.

> 3% of Americans give their pet a Valentine’s Day gift.

> 15% of singles send flowers to themselves on Valentine’s Day.

Some people are more ticklish than others and some people enjoy being tickled while others do not. You will find that everyone is not ticklish in the same spots. Here are some different spots to check when you’re attempting to get some giggles out of a friend.

1. Shoulder blades. A feather-light touch trailing across the bare shoulder blades of some people will send them squirming. Try it out the next time your at the beach.
2. Behind your knees. The vulnerable soft tissue at the back side of a person’s knees is not often available, but can be a tickle spot if you can get to it.
3. Nose. Your nose is ticklish in many different ways. It can be tickled by a feather, like other parts of the body, but it can also be tickled internally by small particles in the air like dust and pepper.
4. Ears. The curve of a person’s ear and their ear lobe may be ticklish, as some people have found out in unexpected ways.
5. Under your chin. A light touch under the chin when someone has their head tilted back will often make for a quick reaction and a little giggle.
6. Inner thigh. Hopefully you won’t try this one out with anyone with whom you’re not intimately acquainted, but you will find it a very ticklish spot on some people.
7. Lips. You may not think of tickling someone else on the lips but they are a very sensitive part of the body and would respond to an unexpected touch from something fine and soft.
8. Feet. Most people’s feet are ticklish on the bottom and they usually get their first tickles when they are tiny baby feet. Some people’s feet are also ticklish on the top as well.
9. Underarms. This is one of the most ticklish spots on a person’s body, either in the armpit itself or further down on the ribcage.
10. Back of the neck. This is another spot that can send some people jumping when touched unexpectedly.

Of course, a person’s belly is a well-known tickle spot and has sent many a child (and adult) rolling to the floor laughing uncontrollably. So, why do we laugh when we are tickled? Have you ever thought about it? It is a strange phenomena, is it not, that when someone sticks their fingers into our armpits, or runs a feather on the bottom of our feet, that we begin to giggle? Scientists can tell you from their studies exactly what takes place in our bodies when we are tickled. Through that information, they can even tell us why it is that we can’t tickle ourselves. But, as of yet, they really don’t know why it is that we laugh when we are tickled. It certainly isn’t because we think it is funny. Some people actually get quite angry about being tickled (after they stop laughing). It is just once of those strange parts of human nature that we all take for granted, with out any reasoning behind it.