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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 (B/.40,950 thousand) from source
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UK Black-and-White Television Licenses
1 Year black-and-white television license, 2011 for £49 (B/.75.16) from bbc
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1 Sunflower painting
Auction price of the van Gogh painting, 1987 for US$39,900 thousand (B/.39,900 thousand) from source -
1 Olympic swimming pool filled with butter
Olympic swimming pool filled with butter for £11,580 thousand (B/.17,770 thousand) -
500 Tubs of Passion Natural Water-Based Lubricant
55 gallons of lube for US$1,495 (B/.1,495) from source -
1 Housing benefit
Average (mean) weekly housing benefit claim in the UK, July 2011 for £87.18 (B/.133.70) from source