Posts tagged ‘statistics’
Olympic Medals Awarded for Art from 1912 to 1948
By Chad Upton | Editor
The modern Olympics are all about athletics, but from 1912 to 1948 they also included competitions in art and science.
The main categories were as follows:
- Architecture
- Literature
- Music
- Painting
- Sculpturing
- Statistics
Some of the events included “town planning”, “Epic works” (long poems), “Drawings and water colors”, “Medals”. Yes, medals were given out for creating the best medals. (more…)
More Spent on Flowers at Christmas Than Valentine’s
By Chad Upton | Editor
According to aboutflowers.com, Valentine’s Day is tied for second place with Mother’s Day in most dollars spent on flowers. Surprisingly, Christmas and Hanukkah are tied for first.
It actually makes sense when you look at the breakdown of who is buying them and why.
For Christmas and Hanukkah, the majority of flowers are purchased for people’s own use (ie. decorating). For Valentine’s Day, only 9% are purchased for themselves and it’s not surprising that people spend more on themselves than other people.
If we just consider the people who buy Valentine’s Day flowers, these are some interesting stats:
- 23% of women purchase them for themselves
- 57% of men, purchase them for their spouse
- 25% of men, purchase them for their significant other
While I sometimes question the accuracy of these surveys, I was pretty confident in this data when I read this statistic: 0% of men purchase flowers for themselves for Valentine’s Day.
If you’re interested in the (brief) origin of Valentine’s Day, click here.
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Sources: About Flowers
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