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
Millions of
You can buy one of the following:
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Words by Stephen Fry
Cost per word of Stephen Fry's column for £3 (﷼ 17.26) -
Carl Sagan's Cosmos DVDs
Inspirational and wide-appeal science series. Thirteen episodes, each one hour long. for £11.71 (﷼ 67.37) from source
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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 One cube of gold one meter in size
One cube of gold one meter in size for US$1,038 thousand (﷼ 3,894 thousand) from hardcoded -
100 Legs
Criminal injuries compensation for loss of leg above knee, 1996. for £40 thousand (﷼ 230,100) from source -
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 -
5 thousand Tours of the UK Parliament
Guided tour of the Houses of Parliament, London for £11.50 (﷼ 66.16)