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You can buy one of the following:
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Sunflower painting
Auction price of the van Gogh painting, 1987 for US$39,900 thousand (L808,800 thousand) from source
Thousands of
You can buy one of the following:
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Thumbs
Criminal injuries compensation for loss of thumb, 1996. for £15 thousand (L466,400) from source -
Nissan Micra
Car for £7,820 (L243,100)
Shopping list
You can buy all of the following:
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1 Olympic swimming pool filled with ribena
Olympic swimming pool filled with ribena for £7,334 thousand (L228 million) -
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 -
100 Houses
Average (mean) cost of a House in the United Kindgom, 2010 for £251,600 (L7,824 thousand) from source -
2 thousand Tours of the UK Parliament
Guided tour of the Houses of Parliament, London for £11.50 (L357.60)