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Welcome to Stuff I Learned Yesterday. My name is Darrell Darnell, today we’re doing a Friday Flashback because I am out of town rocking out with Coldplay, and I believe that if you aren’t learning, you aren’t living. In today’s episode of Stuff I Learned Yesterday we’re taking a look back at an episode about how I met my wife.
Today fun fact is:
Today we’re taking a look back at an episode dealing with marriage, so here are some fun facts about marriage!
- About 300 couples marry in Las Vegas every day.
- A marriage ceremony typically ends with a kiss because in ancient Rome, a kiss was a legal bond that sealed contracts, and marriage was seen as a contract.
- The word “bride” comes from an old proto-Germanic word meaning “to cook, brew, make broth.”
- The tradition of exchanging wedding rings goes back to ancient Egyptian times.
- The longest recorded marriage lasted 91 years and 12 days.
- Traditionally, bridesmaids would be dressed in similar bride-like gowns to confuse rival suitors, evil spirits, and robbers.
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Today’s episode of Stuff I Learned Yesterday is a Friday Flashback. Friday Flashback episodes feature some of the most popular episodes of Stuff I Learned Yesterday. Today we go back to one of the earliest episodes. It originally aired on my 15th wedding anniversary. I’ve now been married 17 years and this episode tells the story of how it all began. It’s Stuff I Learned Yesterday Episode 44- The Best Thing To Ever Come Out of Texas.
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