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THIS TRADITION OF THE BRIDE AND GROOM NOT SEEING EACH OTHER WAS CREATED IN THE MIDDLE AGES TO STOP THIS FROM HAPPENING

THE GROOM RUNNING AWAY

100

THIS IS CONSIDERED A TRADITIONAL GIFT FOR A FIRST WEDDING ANNIVERSARY

PAPER

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THIS MOVIE REUNITED RICHARD GERE AND JULIA ROBERTS EIGHT YEARS AFTER PRETTY WOMAN

RUNAWAY BRIDE

100

QUEEN VICTORIA IS CREDITED WITH STARTING THIS WEDDING TREND IN THE WESTERN WORLD IN 1840

WEARING A WHITE WEDDING DRESS

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IN MEXICO, EVERYONE WHO DANCES WITH THE BRIDE AND GROOM IS EXPECTED TO PIN THIS TO THEIR OUTFIT

MONEY

200

THIS IS WHY ANCIENT GREEKS AND ROMAN BRIDES WORE VEILS ON THEIR WEDDING DAY

PROTECT FROM EVIL SPIRITS

200

THIS IS TRADITIONALLY THROWN AT COUPLES AS THEY LEAVE THE CEREMONY

RICE

200

THIS VEGETABLE IS THE SHAPE OF SHREK AND FIONA'S CARRIAGE AFTER THEY GET MARRIED

ONION

200

THIS IS THE AVERAGE NUMBER OF BRIDESMAIDS IN THE USA

FOUR

200

THIS IS THE TRADITIONAL COLOR OF A WEDDING DRESS IN CHINA

RED

300

DURING THIS WAR, MEN STARTED THE TREND OF WEARING WEDDING RINGS TO REMEMBER THEIR WIVES WHILE AT WAR

WORD WAR II

300

THIS IS TRADITIONALLY TIED TO THE BACK OF THE BRIDE AND GROOM'S CAR AS THEY LEAVE THEIR WEDDING

CANS

300

IN THE MOVIE STEEL MAGNOLIAS, THIS ANIMAL IS THE SHAPE OF THE GROOMS CAKE

ARMADILLO 

300

THIS IS THE MOST POPULAR WEDDING DESTINATION IN THE USA

LAS VEGAS

300

IN EGYPT, WOMEN DO WHAT TO THE BRIDE ON THEIR WEDDING DAY

PINCH

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THIS ANCIENT CIVILIZATION STARTED THE TRADITION OF EXCHANGING WEDDING RINGS

ANCIENT EGYPT

400

THIS IS THE TRADITIONAL FLAVOR OF WEDDING CAKES

ALMOND

400

IN FRIENDS, ROSS SAYS THIS NAME DURING HIS WEDDING TO EMILY

RACHEL

400

THIS IS THE MOST POPULAR WEDDING MONTH IN THE USA

OCTOBER

400

MOROCCAN WOMEN TAKE A BATH IN THIS SUBSTANCE ON THEIR WEDDING DAY

MILK

500

THIS ANCIENT LAND HAS THE OLDEST RECORDS OF MARRIAGE, DATED BACK TO 2350 BC

MESOPOTAMIA 

500
THIS IS THE MOST POPULAR FLOWER USED IN AMERICAN WEDDINGS

ROSES

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IN THIS ICONIC 1967 FILM, IT ENDS WITH A BRIDE RUNNING AWAY FROM HER WEDDING AND BOARDING A BUS WITH ANOTHER MAN

THE GRADUATE 

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THIS IS THE AVERAGE NUMBER OF WEDDING GUESTS IN THE USA

175 GUESTS

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IN INDIA, THIS SUBSTANCE IS APPLIED TO THE HANDS AND FEET OF THE BRIDE

HENNA

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