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    Betty Grable's legs were insured for a certain sum of money. How much would that be equal to today?

    Question #40680. Asked by mochyn. (Nov 02 03 2:15 PM)


    mancandy

    		Didja know...Astaire's feet were insured for $650,000. Betty Grable's legs were insured for $250,000. And Jimmy Durante's nose was for a...
    From:home.attbi.com/~jacebo/dailydataarchive.html


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    Benjamin Franklin invented crop insurance. Betty Grable's legs were insured for US$1 million.


    Nov 02 03, 2:20 PM
    Linus_337

    		According to the following site, the $1 million for which Fox Studios insured Betty Grable's pins in the late 1940s would be worth around 16 million Aussie dollars (as at February 2002).

    Given the current exchange rates, this equates to around US$11.2 million or £6.7 million.

    http://www.propertyoz.com.au/data/national/media/0202%20-%20mag.htm

    Nov 03 03, 3:51 PM

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