Wedding Facts

According to widespread superstition, once a wedding ring has been placed on the finger, removing it brings bad luck to the marriage.

A Manchester couple sent a wedding invitation to Queen Elizabeth II in 2012 as a joke. They never expected a reply. During her Diamond Jubilee tour of the city, she made a surprise detour to Manchester Town Hall and walked into their ceremony unannounced. The bride nearly collapsed. She is the only royal known to have accepted a wedding invite from the public.

May is one of the busiest months for tuxedo rentals as prom season and wedding season overlap.

A couple had their wedding rings engraved with a waveform of their own voices saying "I do."

In 2012, redditor laporkenstein forged his own wedding ring out of a Gibeon meteorite.

Oktoberfest started off as a wedding reception for a Prince in Bavaria in 1810, and the newlyweds enjoyed it so much, they suggested making it an annual event.