Conspiracy theorists love to talk about these markings in the sky. One popular theory says that they're chemicals sprayed by Governments in order to keep the population docile and under control. In reality, they're the contrails of ever-increasing numbers of passing aircraft, but you don't need to be a conspiracy theorist to believe that they're dangerous.
This is the sky over the River Thames in London, which has two of the busiest airports in the world in Heathrow and Gatwick. With Heathrow working on an additional runway, the skies are only going to get busier in years to come. That means more contrails like this, which represent both air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions. The planes may not be spraying chemicals onto the people down below, but they are releasing them into the sky. In the long run, that's probably even more harmful.
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.