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
Millions of
You can buy one of the following:
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Acres of the Moon
Cost of an acre of the Sea of Tranquility, from the Lunar Registry for US$37.50 (﷼ 140.60) 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 (﷼ 149,600 thousand) from source -
1 Olympic swimming pool filled with untaxed petrol
Olympic swimming pool filled with untaxed petrol for £1,173 thousand (﷼ 6,745 thousand) from hardcoded -
1 Leg
Criminal injuries compensation for loss of leg above knee, 1996. for £40 thousand (﷼ 230,100) from source -
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1 Housing benefit
Average (mean) weekly housing benefit claim in the UK, July 2011 for £87.18 (﷼ 501.50) from source