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 (L$10,770 million) from source -
Empire State Building
Cost of Empire State Building when built in 1931, including cost of land for US$40,950 thousand (L$11,060 million) from source
Thousands of
You can buy one of the following:
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Nissan Micra
Car for £7,820 (L$3,239 thousand) -
questions in the UK parliament
Payments made to MPs to table parliamentary questions, 1994. for £2 thousand (L$828,300) from wikipedia
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 (L$10,770 million) from source -
1 Year of Wikipedia
Yearly expenditure of Wikimedia Foundation, 2007/8 for US$3,541 thousand (L$956 million) from wikipedia -
1 Influencing legislation
Fee requested by Lord Truscott to amend government legislation. for £72 thousand (L$29,820 thousand) from wikipedia -
1 Thumb
Criminal injuries compensation for loss of thumb, 1996. for £15 thousand (L$6,212 thousand) from source -
1 Fill human lungs with ribena
Fill human lungs with ribena for £17.94 (L$7,430)