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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Thumbs
Criminal injuries compensation for loss of thumb, 1996. for £15 thousand (﷼ 86,300) from source -
Nissan Micra
Car for £7,820 (﷼ 44,990)
Shopping list
You can buy all of the following:
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1 Olympic swimming pool filled with double gloucester
Olympic swimming pool filled with double gloucester for £19,310 thousand (﷼ 111,100 thousand) -
1 Year of Jonathan Ross
Yearly pay of Jonathan Ross, 2006 for £6 million (﷼ 34,520 thousand) from source -
1 Taxpayer funding of UK political parties
Yearly spending for policy development for £2 million (﷼ 11,510 thousand) from electoral_comission -
1 House
Average (mean) cost of a House in the United Kindgom, 2010 for £251,600 (﷼ 1,448 thousand) from source -
9 thousand Souvenir guides to the Natural History Museum
Souvenir guide to London's Natural History Museum for £4.50 (﷼ 25.89)