Resisting temptation is never an easy thing. If there's something you want right in front of you, and you can take it, and nobody will ever find out, then why wouldn't you - even if you know it's not the right thing to do? A bus driver in Israel was faced with this dilemma, and a huge financial incentive to keep it to himself, when he was closing his bus down for the night and found a bag containing $25,000 in cash.
The owner's details were in the bag, and he could have easily returned the bag and any personal items to the owner without the money. Putting temptation aside, he returned the bag, money and all, to the owner. When he did, he found out the owner was a humble janitor, and the money represented savings he'd made over a long period of time to send home to his mother and children - people who were relying on him.
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.