One of the most widely-known, most-famous logos in the world today? Apple. You might even be using a device made by Apple to read this list article right now. We all see the logo regularly - some of us even see it daily - and we all know who it belongs to. There's a really obvious question about it that very few of us ever think to ask, though - why does this famous apple have a bite taken out of it? Why isn't it just a complete apple?
The answer is a play on words which is so subtle and brilliant that we want to stand up and applaud it. The man who designed the logo, Rob Yanov, said he'd spent a week drawing apples and trying to come up with a clever twist on the idea when he took a bite out of one, and was struck by a revelation. The word 'bite' sounds exactly like 'byte,' as in the computing term. Therefore the 'byte' that's missing out of the Apple logo indicates that they work with computers. It's so simple, and yet virtually nobody knows about it!
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.