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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 (£S3,982 million) from source
Buy each rat in New York city
You can buy each rat one of the following items:
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Rooms at The Langham Hotel, London
Bed and breakfast in Classic Room at the Langham Hotel, London. for £310.80 (£S46,360) from source
Shopping list
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1 Mitt Romney's Salary
Yearly income. Image: Gage_Skidmore for US$21,600 thousand (£S2,101 million) from source -
1 Year of Wikipedia
Yearly expenditure of Wikimedia Foundation, 2007/8 for US$3,541 thousand (£S344,300 thousand) from wikipedia -
1 UK general election campaign
Average spending per candidate standing in the UK general election, 2010. for £3,489 (£S520,500) from electoral_comission -
10 thousand UK Television Licenses
1 Year colour television license, 2011 for £145.50 (£S21,700) from bbc