You could buy
You can buy one of the following:
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Empire State Building
Cost of Empire State Building when built in 1931, including cost of land for US$40,950 thousand (د.إ158,200 thousand) from source -
Sunflower painting
Auction price of the van Gogh painting, 1987 for US$39,900 thousand (د.إ154,100 thousand) from source
Thousands of
You can buy one of the following:
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Nissan Micra
Car for £7,820 (د.إ46,330) -
Thumbs
Criminal injuries compensation for loss of thumb, 1996. for £15 thousand (د.إ88,880) from source
Shopping list
You can buy all of the following:
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1 Year of Wikipedia
Yearly expenditure of Wikimedia Foundation, 2007/8 for US$3,541 thousand (د.إ13,680 thousand) from wikipedia -
1 House
Average (mean) cost of a House in the United Kindgom, 2010 for £251,600 (د.إ1,491 thousand) from source -
5 thousand Years income of average person
Yearly income of average person (worldwide) for US$7,880 (د.إ30,440) from source -
1 Room at The Langham Hotel, London
Bed and breakfast in Classic Room at the Langham Hotel, London. for £310.80 (د.إ1,842) from source -
2 thousand Words by Stephen Fry
Cost per word of Stephen Fry's column for £3 (د.إ17.78)