Singles Day is the biggest shopping day of the year, here's everything you need to know about this "holiday"

1. 11 Facts About
Singles Day 2015

2. It is celebrated on 11/11 every year as the
date looks like “sticks”

3. Created in the mid-1990’s by students at Nanjing
University

4. It is kind of like an “Anti-Valentines” to celebrate being
single

5. It was originally intended to be a day
celebrated by going to parties

6. Although, its supposed to celebrate singlehood, it
has become a day of love.

7. Primarily Celebrated in China

8. Singlehood is embraced by
self gifting

9. Popularized by Alibaba in 2009 as a day
to find online deals akin to “Cyber
Monday”

10. Now the largest shopping day in the world. Bigger
than Black Friday + Cyber Monday

11. Alibaba trademarked the term of the day "双
十一" (meaning "Double 11") and threatened
litigation against any other retailer that
infringed on their trademark