You could buy
You can buy one of the following:
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Mitt Romney's Salary
Yearly income. Image: Gage_Skidmore for US$21,600 thousand (kn124,400 thousand) from source
Thousands of
You can buy one of the following:
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Years income of average person
Yearly income of average person (worldwide) for US$7,880 (kn45,380) from source -
Thumbs
Criminal injuries compensation for loss of thumb, 1996. for £15 thousand (kn132,500) from source
Shopping list
You can buy all of the following:
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1 Olympic swimming pool filled with butter
Olympic swimming pool filled with butter for £11,580 thousand (kn102,300 thousand) -
1 Year of Wikipedia
Yearly expenditure of Wikimedia Foundation, 2007/8 for US$3,541 thousand (kn20,390 thousand) from wikipedia -
1 Leg
Criminal injuries compensation for loss of leg above knee, 1996. for £40 thousand (kn353,400) from source -
7 thousand Freedom of Information requests
Average cost of a request under the UK's Freedom of Information Act, 2010. for £159.80 (kn1,412) from source -
