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Sunflower painting
Auction price of the van Gogh painting, 1987 for US$39,900 thousand (L808,800 thousand) from source
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1 Empire State Building
Cost of Empire State Building when built in 1931, including cost of land for US$40,950 thousand (L830,100 thousand) from source -
1 Apple Store
Average cost of furnishing an Apple Store for US$8,500 thousand (L172,300 thousand) from source -
1 Year of Wikipedia
Yearly expenditure of Wikimedia Foundation, 2007/8 for US$3,541 thousand (L71,770 thousand) from wikipedia -
1 Taxpayer funding of UK political parties
Yearly spending for policy development for £2 million (L62,190 thousand) from electoral_comission -
1 Enough 1p coins to cover an American football field
Cover an American football field with a single layer of UK one penny coins in hexagonal close-pack formation for £37,430 (L1,164 thousand)