Career Builder just released its annual survey on office romances. And if you’re alone this Valentine’s Day, you might want to think about staying late tonight . . . because it’s the most common way relationships at work start.

12% of people who’ve dated a coworker say it started because of a late night at work. Having drinks after work, and running into each other outside of work tied for second with 10% . . . lunch was third with 9% . . . and another 9% said it was love at first sight.

Here are six more stats from the survey . . .

1. 37% of us have dated a coworker at least once.

2. 33% of office romances eventually lead to marriage. Which seems high, but they asked the same question last year, and it was 30%.

3. 23% of people who’ve dated a coworker say it was someone in a higher position than them.

4. 33% had to keep their relationship secret.

5. 17% of office relationships involve someone who’s already married.

6. And 5% of people who’ve dated a coworker had to leave their job because of it.

Warning: This story is going to take you on a roller coaster of emotions.

A new study found if a guy buys you a cheap Valentine’s Day gift . . . like a cheap box of chocolates or some cubic zirconia earrings . . . it’s actually a sign he’s really into you.

That’s a silver lining, right? I mean, you’re getting a cheap gift but much more valuable real love. But slow down. Here’s the real reasoning behind it.

Since he feels so close to you, he thinks of the two of you as a partnership, and picked a gift that also is good for him. In other words, he went cheap because it was win-win: You still got a decent gift, he saved money.

Or he might’ve bought the cheaper chocolates because there were a lot more of them than a tiny box of boutique chocolates . . . so he knows he’s going to get to eat some.

Anyway, if you get a surprisingly mediocre gift this Valentine’s Day, just know deep down it’s because his feelings are strong. That’s great. But I’m guessing you might just rather have a real diamond.

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There’s a video of a kid doing a magic trick for a baby, where he stuffs a piece of toilet paper into his fist, and makes it look like it disappears.

All he does is throw it across the room when he’s not looking, but the baby’s jaw drops because he’s so amazed by it.

Anyone can get their lady roses for Valentine’s Day.  But if you really want to impress her, why not give her Doritos roses.  Seriously.

Doritos actually gave away free bouquets of flowers made out of Doritos on their website.  Unfortunately it was only in Canada, and they were all snapped up already.  But you can make your own.  Even if you’re not that crafty.

Just buy some fake plastic roses, take off the petals, and glue some of the curlier Doritos from a bag in their place.  There’s even a step-by-step guide to making them . . .

The only downside is that you can’t eat them, because of the glue.  But they’ll make for a great Instagram post.  And isn’t that all she really wants?

When the police strap a monitoring bracelet on someone, usually the instinct is to hide it under long pants and high socks because it’s a horrifying embarrassment. Not this woman.

22-year-old Rebecca Gallanagh of Tamworth, Staffordshire, England had an electronic monitor strapped onto her ankle in November after she was convicted for brawling outside of a club.

And she decided to make it a fashion statement. So Rebecca bedazzeled her police monitoring bracelet with fake diamonds.

When the monitoring staff checked in on her and saw it, they told the cops.

She was fined $220 by a judge for tampering with the ankle monitor.

The website Thrillist recently looked at different brands of chewing gum to see which one lost its flavor the fastest, and which one lasted the longest. And Eclipse lasted longer than any other brand.

Here are the top ten . . .

1. Eclipse. It lasted 6 minutes and 33 seconds before it lost its taste.

2. React 2, which is made by the brand 5 Gum. It lasted 6 minutes and 5 seconds.

3. Dentyne Ice, 5 minutes and 35 seconds.

4. Doublemint, 3 minutes and 33 seconds. So that’s about a two-minute drop-off between third and fourth place.

5. Orbit, 3 minutes and 20 seconds.

6. Bubble Yum, 3 minutes and 10 seconds.

7. Stride, 2 minutes and 52 seconds.

8. Trident, 2 minutes and 32 seconds.

9. Big Red, 2 minutes and 30 seconds.

10. Extra, 2 minutes and 22 seconds.

And the worst were Chiclets, which lost their flavor after just 1 minute and 20 seconds.

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“Rolling Stone” has put together a list of ‘The 40 Greatest TV Villains of All Time.’

They stuck with true adversarial villains, and didn’t include ‘antiheroes’ . . . like Don Draper from “Mad Men”, Walter White from “Breaking Bad”, and Tony Soprano from “The Sopranos”, because they’re central figures “who drive their own stories.”

Here’s the Top 20:

1. Ben Linus from “Lost”. He was played by Michael Emerson.

2. Marlo Stanfield from “The Wire” . . . played by Jamie Hector.

3. Livia Soprano from “The Sopranos” . . . was played by Nancy Marchand.

4. Joffrey Baratheon from “Game of Thrones” . . . played by Jack Gleeson.

5. Bob from “Twin Peaks” . . . played by Frank Silva.

6. Al Swearengen from “Deadwood” . . . played by Ian McShane.

7. Gus Fring from “Breaking Bad” . . . played by Giancarlo Esposito.

8. Montgomery Burns from “The Simpsons” . . . voiced by Harry Shearer.

9. The Borg alien race from “Star Trek: The Next Generation”.

10. Catwoman from “Batman” . . . played by Julie Newmar, Eartha Kitt, and in the ’60s movie version Lee Meriwether.

11. J.R. Ewing from “Dallas” . . . played by Larry Hagman.

12. Gyp Rosetti from “Boardwalk Empire” . . . played by Bobby Cannavale.

13. Rowan Pope from “Scandal” . . . played by Joe Morton.

14. Boyd Crowder from “Justified” . . . played by Walton Goggins.

15. Head Six from “Battlestar Galactica” . . . played by Tricia Helfer.

16. Newman from “Seinfeld”. He was played by Wayne Knight.

17. Number Two from “The Prisoner” . . . played by a series of actors, including Leo McKern.

18. Hannibal Lecter from “Hannibal”. He was played by Mads Mikkelsen.

19. The Governor from “The Walking Dead”. He was played by David Morrissey.

20. Amanda Woodward from “Melrose Place”. She was played by Heather Locklear.

RollingStone.com has the complete list, with brief write-ups for each

Valentine’s Day is coming up . . . and if you were planning an epic night of “Call of Duty” to celebrate, you might want to rethink it.

A new survey had people rank a bunch of different couples’ activities on how romantic they are.

The four most romantic things you can do are . . .

1. Going on a picnic.

2. Going for a walk.

3. Eating at a restaurant.

4. Making a home-cooked meal together.

The four least romantic things are . . .

1. Playing video games.

2. Going to a sporting event.

3. Going bowling.

4. Binge watching a TV show.

Matt Glendinning is the head of a prep school in Providence, Rhode Island, and likes to get creative with his snow day announcements.  Last year he went viral when he cancelled classes by posting a parody of the song “Let It Go” on YouTube.

And now a snow day parody of Adele’s “Hello” that he sent out last Friday is getting a bunch of hits.

The YouTube channel The Slow-Mo Guys posted a new video, where one of them sticks his tongue in a mousetrap, so they can get slow-motion footage of it.