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 Sunflower painting
Auction price of the van Gogh painting, 1987 for US$39,900 thousand (﷼ 149,600 thousand) from source -
1 House
Average (mean) cost of a House in the United Kindgom, 2010 for £251,600 (﷼ 1,448 thousand) from source -
4 thousand Tubs of Passion Natural Water-Based Lubricant
55 gallons of lube for US$1,495 (﷼ 5,607) from source -
3 thousand Random number tables
"A Million Random Digits with 100,000 Normal Deviates" by Michael D. Rich for £62 (﷼ 356.70) from waterstones -
800 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