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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
Buy all billionaires
You can buy each US-dollar billionaire one of the following items:
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Events with Kelly Osbourne
Hire Kelly Osbourne for an event, 2006 for £25 thousand (L$10,350 thousand) from source
Shopping list
You can buy all of the following:
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1 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 -
1 Apple Store
Average cost of furnishing an Apple Store for US$8,500 thousand (L$2,295 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 Enough 1p coins to cover an American football field
Cover an American football field with a single layer of UK one penny coins in hexagonal close-pack formation for £37,430 (L$15,500 thousand) -
700 duck islands
Cost of a floating duck island, claimed as an expense by Conservative MP, Peter Viggers. for £1,645 (L$681,300) from wikipedia