Vodka shots were Stalin's drink of choice at the 1945 Yalta conference (despite FDR's offer of gin Martini). Although vodka was virtually unheard of in the US at the time, post-conference sales of the spirit soared.
In Medieval Europe, lovers gave each other sprigs of Yarrow at the beginning of Valentine's Day dinner. If they wilted by the end of the meal, the love affair was doomed.
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