Disturbing Behind-the-Scenes Facts About 'The Bachelor' Franchise

Getting Tested

All contestants must submit to STI testing and comprehensive physical exams before they can appear on the show. The most common reason that people don’t make it on the show is for, believe it or not, herpes.

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The More You Know

  • The Nobel Committee declined to award the Nobel Peace Prize in 1948 because "there was no suitable living candidate." This was meant as tribute to Mahatma Gandhi, who was assassinated earlier that year without receiving the Prize.
  • A team of six women programmed the first digital computer.
  • M&M stands for Mars and Murrie.
  • The longest wedding veil was longer than 63 football fields.
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