UNITED KINGDOM - Although bigamy is still illegal, men with multiple marriage partners will now be eligible to receive extra welfare benefits.
JAPAN - A cosmetics marketing company has a tender heart for the broken heart, giving a day of paid leave to employees who have ended a relationship, three days for those 30 and older.
SWEDEN - The modern bridal bouquet began here as a superstition. The bride would carry herbs and stinking weeds to ward off trolls that might ruin the marriage.