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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 (COL$77,910 million) from source
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Legs
Criminal injuries compensation for loss of leg above knee, 1996. for £40 thousand (COL$116,700 thousand) from source -
Thumbs
Criminal injuries compensation for loss of thumb, 1996. for £15 thousand (COL$43,770 thousand) from source
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1 Apple Store
Average cost of furnishing an Apple Store for US$8,500 thousand (COL$16,170 million) from source -
1 Year of Wikipedia
Yearly expenditure of Wikimedia Foundation, 2007/8 for US$3,541 thousand (COL$6,736 million) from wikipedia -
1 Olympic swimming pool filled with untaxed petrol
Olympic swimming pool filled with untaxed petrol for £1,173 thousand (COL$3,422 million) from hardcoded -
9 thousand Random number tables
"A Million Random Digits with 100,000 Normal Deviates" by Michael D. Rich for £62 (COL$180,900) from waterstones