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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Years income of average person
Yearly income of average person (worldwide) for US$7,880 (﷼ 29,550) from source -
questions in the UK parliament
Payments made to MPs to table parliamentary questions, 1994. for £2 thousand (﷼ 11,510) from wikipedia
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1 Mitt Romney's Salary
Yearly income. Image: Gage_Skidmore for US$21,600 thousand (﷼ 81,010 thousand) from source -
300 Legs
Criminal injuries compensation for loss of leg above knee, 1996. for £40 thousand (﷼ 230,100) from source -
1 Olympic swimming pool filled with tap water
Olympic swimming pool filled with tap water for £3,359 (﷼ 19,320) from hardcoded -
2 thousand Tubs of Passion Natural Water-Based Lubricant
55 gallons of lube for US$1,495 (﷼ 5,607) from source