1. Priscilla Presley's engagement ring was a whopping 3 ½-carat rock surrounded by a detachable row of smaller diamonds.
2. On her wedding day, Grace Kelly wore a dress with a bodice made from beautiful 125-year-old lace.
3. Jackie Kennedy chose pink silk faille and red satin gowns for her bridesmaids created by African-American designer Ann Lowe (also the creator of Jackie's gown).
4. Queen Victoria's wedding cake weighed 300 pounds.
5. Stan Laurel is famous for taking seven brides.
6. Actor Billy Bob Thornton is famous for marrying five times.
7. Zsa Zsa Gabor is famous for having nine husbands at different times.
8. The shortest well knows Caleb marriage was Britney Spear's marriage to Jason Alexander - the wedding lasted 56 hours.
9. Another short marriage was Jennifer Lopez and Chris Judd, which only lasted 6 months.
10. One of the youngest famous Caleb marriages was Leanne Rimes to Dean Sheremet, as Leanne was only 19 when she accepted the proposal.
11. Another of the youngest Caleb marriages was Macaulay Culkin to Rachel Minor who were both 17 when they eloped.
12. The longest ever recorded marriage was Sit Temulji Nairman and his wide Lady Nariman, who were married at the age of five. The marriage lasted for 86 years.
13. The longest marriage in Britain was between James Burgess and his wife Sarah Ann, their marriage lasted 82 years. And Percy and Florence Arrowsmith from Hereford have just made it into the Guinness Book of Records for being married for 80 years.
14. The largest wedding attendance was a Jewish wedding in Jerusalem in 1993 where 30,000 people attended.
15. One of the most expensive weddings was the one held in a purpose-built stadium in Dubai for a Shiek's son. The wedding cost over £22 million.
16. The longest wedding dress train was found in Germany, it measured over 515 feet.
17. A former Baptist minister, Glynn Scotty Wolfe is famous for taking 28 brides and divorcing 27 of them.
18. The longest ever engagement was between Octavio Guillen and Adriana Martinez who were engaged for 67 years.
19. The oldest bride ever to get married Minnie Munro from Australia who married at 102 years of age; she married a man of the age of 82 years.
20. The most expensive celebrity engagement ring was that of Liza Minelli's, which was a tear dropped 3.5-carat diamond ring from David Gest.
21. Catherine Zeta-Jones and Michael Douglass spend £500 per guest just for the food at their wedding.
22. The most money spent for a wedding singer was the wedding of multimillionaire Peter Shalson and wife Pauline who paid £2 million pounds to get Elton John to sing a song at their wedding.
23. The most under dressed Caleb to walk down the aisle was Britney Spears who wore ripped jeans and a baseball cap to her big day.
24. Liz Taylor is famous for having eight marriages to her name.
25. The most expensive wedding ever???? The marriage of Sheik Rasshid Bin Saeed Al Maktoum's son to Princess Salama in Dubai in May 1981. The price tag.$44million.
26. Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes got married at the 12th century Castello Iodescalchi, which overlooks Lake Bracciano. The three day event was being handled by stylist Giorgio Armani at the cost of 1.5 million euros.
27. The English believe a spider found in a wedding dress means good luck. Yikes!
28. In English tradition, Wednesday is considered the 'Best Day' to marry, although Monday is for wealth and Tuesday is for health.
29. In Holland, a pine tree is planted outside the newlyweds' home as a symbol of fertility.
30. Saturday is the unluckiest wedding day; according English folklore....funny....it's the most popular day of the week to marry!
31. A Swedish bride puts a silver coin form her father and a gold coin from her mother in each shoe to ensure that she'll never do without.
32. Moroccan women take a milk bath to purify themselves before their wedding ceremony.
33. A Finnish bride traditionally went door-to-door collecting gifts in a pillowcase, accompanied by an older married man who represented long marriage.
34. Peas are thrown at Czech newlyweds instead of rice.
35. For good luck, Egyptian women pinch the bride on her wedding day. Ouch!
36. Hindu brides paint henna on their hands and feet to protect themselves from the evil eye.
37. Rain on your wedding day is actually considered good luck, according to Hindu tradition.
38. Ancient Romans studied pig entrails to determine the luckiest time to marry.
39. Hey brides, tuck a sugar cube into your glove, according to Greek culture, the sugar will sweeten your union.
40. In Asia, wearing robes with embroidered cranes symbolizes fidelity for the length of a marriage.
41. Ancient Greeks and Romans thought the veil protected the bride from evil spirits. Brides have worn veils ever since.
42. In Denmark, brides and grooms traditionally cross-dressed to confuse evil spirits.
43. In Egypt, the bride's family traditionally does all the cooking for a week after the wedding, so the couple can relax.
44. In South Africa, the parents of both bride and groom traditionally carried fire from their hearths to light a new fire in the newlyweds' hearth.
45. The tradition of wedding cake comes from ancient Rome, where revelers broke a loaf of bread over a bride's head for fertility's sake.
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