38. Mount Washington, USA

38. Mount Washington, USA

We're sure not everyone is super interested in wind speeds, but if you are, you might like to know that Mount Washington in New Hampshire holds the record for fastest wind speed recorded, at 231 miles per hour. The weather up here is, to say the very least, erratic, with hurricane-force winds occurring, on average, around 110 days of the year.

But the winds aren't the only thing visitors have to worry about. Freezing temperatures and seemingly constant heavy snowfall make Mount Washington an extremely inhospitable place - one you should definitely consider crossing off your itinerary if you're in the area. The experience at the top is not unlike the experience at the peak of Mount Everest, so perhaps consider enjoying other parts of the national park it's located inside instead. We hear it's very beautiful!

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Did You Know...

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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