wedding ring, n.Trivia

The diamond engagement ring fever was invented by an ad campaign in the 1930s. Before that few Americans proposed with the precious stone, and the price of diamond was falling

Wedding rings are worn on the right hand in India, Germany and Russia.

Wedding rings are made of gold because, being the most pure and valuable metal, it was traditionally thought to symbolize marriage perfectly.

Wedding rings are put on the left ring finger because it was formerly believed that a vein ran directly from the fourth finger of the left hand to the heart.

Wedding rings were not commonly worn by men until World War II, when soldiers would wear a ring to remind them of their love back home.

Wedding rings date back to Ancient Egypt where the exchange of circles symbolized eternity as well as the deities of the sun and moon.

Tradition has it that the groom dropping the ring during the ceremony dooms the marriage.

Wedding rings are most commonly worn on the left ring finger because, in Ancient Egypt, it was believed to be the only finger with a vein leading directly to the heart.

Some Indian traditions even require that a bride wear a toe ring instead of a finger ring.

Wedding rings may originally have been a kind of proof that the man was financially stable enough to support his new bride.

Seventeen tons of gold are turned into wedding rings in the US each year (that's about the size of a kitchen island)

A wedding ring is exempt by law from inclusion among the assets in a bankruptcy estate in most states.

white gold is the most popular metal used in wedding rings (73%).

Wedding rings are worn on the fourth finger of the left hand because in Roman belief, the vena amoris, or vein of love, was located there.