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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 (C$42,030 thousand) from source
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Thumbs
Criminal injuries compensation for loss of thumb, 1996. for £15 thousand (C$23,620) from source -
Legs
Criminal injuries compensation for loss of leg above knee, 1996. for £40 thousand (C$62,980) from source
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1 Sunflower painting
Auction price of the van Gogh painting, 1987 for US$39,900 thousand (C$40,960 thousand) from source -
1 Mitt Romney's Salary
Yearly income. Image: Gage_Skidmore for US$21,600 thousand (C$22,170 thousand) from source -
1 Year of Wikipedia
Yearly expenditure of Wikimedia Foundation, 2007/8 for US$3,541 thousand (C$3,634 thousand) from wikipedia -
400 questions in the UK parliament
Payments made to MPs to table parliamentary questions, 1994. for £2 thousand (C$3,149) from wikipedia