You could buy
You can buy one of the following:
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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 (RM126,900 thousand) from source -
Sunflower painting
Auction price of the van Gogh painting, 1987 for US$39,900 thousand (RM123,700 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 (RM24,420) from source -
Thumbs
Criminal injuries compensation for loss of thumb, 1996. for £15 thousand (RM71,310) from source
Shopping list
You can buy all of the following:
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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 (RM126,900 thousand) from source -
1 Year of Wikipedia
Yearly expenditure of Wikimedia Foundation, 2007/8 for US$3,541 thousand (RM10,970 thousand) from wikipedia -
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5 thousand Carl Sagan's Cosmos DVDs
Inspirational and wide-appeal science series. Thirteen episodes, each one hour long. for £11.71 (RM55.67) from source -
500 Words by Stephen Fry
Cost per word of Stephen Fry's column for £3 (RM14.26)