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 (RON138,100 thousand) from source -
Sunflower painting
Auction price of the van Gogh painting, 1987 for US$39,900 thousand (RON134,600 thousand) from source
Millions of
You can buy one of the following:
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Words by Stephen Fry
Cost per word of Stephen Fry's column for £3 (RON15.52) -
Tours of the UK Parliament
Guided tour of the Houses of Parliament, London for £11.50 (RON59.49)
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 (RON138,100 thousand) from source -
1 Enough gold leaf to cover an American football field
Cover an American football field with a single layer of gold leaf for US$2,879 thousand (RON9,708 thousand) from amazon -
600 questions in the UK parliament
Payments made to MPs to table parliamentary questions, 1994. for £2 thousand (RON10,350) from wikipedia -
200 Freedom of Information requests
Average cost of a request under the UK's Freedom of Information Act, 2010. for £159.80 (RON826.60) from source -
