It's nearly impossible to go to any restaurant across the nation and not see buffalo wings on the menu. Buffalo wings are one the most American food items you can think of next to hamburgers and hot dogs. However, with the tasty bird dipped in a vat of spicy sauce being so readily available everywhere many people forget that buffalo wings were invented in the state of New York despite the city of its birthplace being right in its name.
Buffalo wings were allegedly invented in 1964 by a woman by the name of Teresa Bellissimo at her restaurant in downtown Buffalo, New York when she accidentally drizzled a secret sauce atop of deep-fried chicken wings. The drunken patrons she served the wings to righteously crowned the wings as one of the most delicious things they ever tasted and the rest was history. Now, the hot sauce-based chicken is one of the most popular dishes in all of America.
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.