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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 (B392,600) from source
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You can buy each US-dollar billionaire one of the following items:
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Events with Charlotte Church
Hire Charlotte Church for an event, 2006. Photo: Keven Law. for £50 thousand (B735.30) from source
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1 Mitt Romney's Salary
Yearly income. Image: Gage_Skidmore for US$21,600 thousand (B207,100) from source -
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1 Year of Wikipedia
Yearly expenditure of Wikimedia Foundation, 2007/8 for US$3,541 thousand (B33,950) from wikipedia -
1 Olympic swimming pool filled with untaxed petrol
Olympic swimming pool filled with untaxed petrol for £1,173 thousand (B17,240) from hardcoded