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) -
Thumbs
Criminal injuries compensation for loss of thumb, 1996. for £15 thousand (L$6,212 thousand) from source
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 (L$956 million) from wikipedia -
1 Taxpayer funding of UK political parties
Yearly spending for policy development for £2 million (L$828,300 thousand) from electoral_comission -
100 Houses
Average (mean) cost of a House in the United Kindgom, 2010 for £251,600 (L$104,200 thousand) from source -
1 Olympic swimming pool filled with tap water
Olympic swimming pool filled with tap water for £3,359 (L$1,391 thousand) from hardcoded -
