Myth InformationThe Chinese celebrate Valentine’s Day a little earlier than in the West — and a bit differently. Under a full moon in Singapore, women gathered to throw oranges into a river in hopes of attracting a husband in “a variation of an ancient Chinese practice.” And how, exactly, does it work? “In the old days, the single women would throw oranges and the men would come to watch,” a woman explained to a reporter. (Reuters) ...You know, some of those Chinese ancients were pretty sharp.
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