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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 (JP¥4,064 million) from source
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You can buy each US-dollar billionaire one of the following items:
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Lunches with Sir Roger Moore and Terry Wogan
Charity Auction for Children In Need. Photo: Allan Warren. for £75 thousand (JP¥11,420 thousand) from source -
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1 Mitt Romney's Salary
Yearly income. Image: Gage_Skidmore for US$21,600 thousand (JP¥2,144 million) from source -
1 Year of Wikipedia
Yearly expenditure of Wikimedia Foundation, 2007/8 for US$3,541 thousand (JP¥351,400 thousand) from wikipedia -
1 Taxpayer funding of UK political parties
Yearly spending for policy development for £2 million (JP¥304,500 thousand) from electoral_comission -
2 thousand Legs
Criminal injuries compensation for loss of leg above knee, 1996. for £40 thousand (JP¥6,090 thousand) from source -
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 (JP¥5,698 thousand)