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 (﷼ 153,600 thousand) from source -
Sunflower painting
Auction price of the van Gogh painting, 1987 for US$39,900 thousand (﷼ 149,600 thousand) from source
Thousands of
You can buy one of the following:
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Nissan Micra
Car for £7,820 (﷼ 44,990) -
Thumbs
Criminal injuries compensation for loss of thumb, 1996. for £15 thousand (﷼ 86,300) from source
Shopping list
You can buy all of the following:
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1 Year of Wikipedia
Yearly expenditure of Wikimedia Foundation, 2007/8 for US$3,541 thousand (﷼ 13,280 thousand) from wikipedia -
3 thousand Nissan Micra
Car for £7,820 (﷼ 44,990) -
3 thousand Hours of magistates court
Running costs. Image: Jonathunder. for £400 (﷼ 2,301) from source -
100 Random number tables
"A Million Random Digits with 100,000 Normal Deviates" by Michael D. Rich for £62 (﷼ 356.70) from waterstones -
