Really??? In France, you can marry a dead person.

Postmortem matrimony has been legal in France since the reign of Napoleon, but it was only enacted in 1959, when a dam burst, killing 420 people, and a bereaved woman who lost her beau in the incident pleaded to marry him, according to Atlas Obscura.

There are, however, some caveats.

The living person is required to prove that the couple intended to marry prior to his or her loved one’s death and must obtain permission from the family of the departed, according to Atlas Obscura.

What’s more, the living person does not acquire the deceased's assets following the union, so as to inhibit opportunistic gold diggers from exploiting the law.