This is a word that suffers in the pronunciation stakes because it looks so much like another word. Most people probably aren't aware that it isn't the same word and doesn't even mean the same thing. "Calvary" is an ancient military term and is the correct group term for soldiers mounted on horseback. Understandably, you don't really see them around very much anymore. Well, unless you'd describe policemen on horseback as "cavalry".
A lot of people see the word written down and confuse it with "Calvary", which is the site in Jerusalem where Jesus was crucified according to Christian belief. Both words are actually pronounced exactly as they sound, but if you have just walked past a parade of mounted soldiers and wondered what you should call them, then it's "cav-al-ry", you're looking for, not "cal-vary".
To insure one’s house, one’s car or to underwrite a life insurance policy, that is common practice. But who would pay an insurance premium for his/her thumb, legs or smile? Stars, of course.
At the top of the ranking are the legs of Mariah Carey, worth 810 million USD: The diva became, in 2006, the Gillette brand muse for the advertising campaign «Legs of a Goddess». She then took out an insurance policy with London Lloyds to protect her legs, a decision that is far from being insignificant. Among its customers, the London insurer then included several icons of music, such as Bob Dylan or Rod Stewart.
David Beckham’s body insured for 195 million USD: European champion with Manchester United in 1999, David Beckham was in 2006 the most renowned footballer of the planet. In relation to his sporting activities, he took out an insurance cover for his legs. The huge amount paid for his insurance would reportedly exceed the 103 million USD disbursed by Real Madrid for the cover of Christiano Ronaldo in 2009. The fashion model would later extend his insurance cover to his entire body.
15 million USD in insurance for Kim Kardashian’s curves: The curves of Kim Kardashian are her number one beauty asset. The reality TV star, who is crazy about plastic surgery, has underwritten an insurance policy worth 15 million USD to protect her famous butt.
The culinary critic Egon Ronay assured his taste buds: The famous Hungarian culinary critic has insured his taste buds since 1957, for the amount of 400 000 USD. An original insurance policy which allows him to cover his sense of taste without which he will no longer be able to practice his job.