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 (﷼ 149,600 thousand) from source -
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
Buy each rat in New York city
You can buy each rat one of the following items:
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 -
1 Enough gold leaf to cover an American football field
Cover an American football field with a single layer of gold leaf for US$2,879 thousand (﷼ 10,800 thousand) from amazon -
100 Houses
Average (mean) cost of a House in the United Kindgom, 2010 for £251,600 (﷼ 1,448 thousand) from source -
1 Nissan Micra
Car for £7,820 (﷼ 44,990) -
1 Duck island
Cost of a floating duck island, claimed as an expense by Conservative MP, Peter Viggers. for £1,645 (﷼ 9,464) from wikipedia