You could buy
You can buy one of the following:
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Sunflower painting
Auction price of the van Gogh painting, 1987 for US$39,900 thousand (руб1,270 million) from source -
Empire State Building
Cost of Empire State Building when built in 1931, including cost of land for US$40,950 thousand (руб1,303 million) from source
Thousands of
You can buy one of the following:
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Nissan Micra
Car for £7,820 (руб381,800) -
Thumbs
Criminal injuries compensation for loss of thumb, 1996. for £15 thousand (руб732,300) from source
Shopping list
You can buy all of the following:
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1 Sunflower painting
Auction price of the van Gogh painting, 1987 for US$39,900 thousand (руб1,270 million) from source -
1 Year of Wikipedia
Yearly expenditure of Wikimedia Foundation, 2007/8 for US$3,541 thousand (руб112,700 thousand) from wikipedia -
1 Olympic swimming pool filled with untaxed petrol
Olympic swimming pool filled with untaxed petrol for £1,173 thousand (руб57,240 thousand) from hardcoded -
1 House
Average (mean) cost of a House in the United Kindgom, 2010 for £251,600 (руб12,280 thousand) from source -
1 Influencing legislation
Fee requested by Lord Truscott to amend government legislation. for £72 thousand (руб3,515 thousand) from wikipedia