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

Televised Wedding

In addition to having to stay together for two years to keep the ring, producers also have the rights to the couple’s wedding should it occur within that two-year time frame. Contestants are paid $10,000 per hour of TV for their televised wedding specials.

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The More You Know

  • The first American woman to go to medical school was admitted as a joke. Geneva Medical School thought it was joke when Elizabeth Blackwell applied to attend 1847. She graduated in 1849, started her own practice, and opened an infirmary for the poor.
  • The longest wedding veil was longer than 63 football fields.
  • A reindeer's eyes can change colors with the seasons.
  • The United States defense budget of $698 billion is more than the next seventeen nations combined.
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