Wife Facts

Osama bin Laden had four wives and fathered between 20 and 26 children, creating a sprawling family that has largely distanced itself from his legacy since his death in 2011.

A widely-cited 1980s German study allegedly found that men who kiss their wives before leaving for work live longer, earn more money, and get into fewer car accidents than those who don't—though researchers say the benefits likely come from the positive mindset that affectionate relationships foster, not the kiss itself.

A year after his wife's disappearance, a Dutch crime writer named Richard Klinkhamer wrote a suspicious book about seven ways to kill your spouse. He became famous and spent the next decade hinting in print and on TV that he had murdered her. Finally, it turned out that he really had.

Raj from the Big Bang Theory is married to Miss India.

In Japan, it is tradition for husbands to get a monthly allowance from their wives.