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 (฿1,242 million) from source -
Sunflower painting
Auction price of the van Gogh painting, 1987 for US$39,900 thousand (฿1,210 million) from source
Thousands of
You can buy one of the following:
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Thumbs
Criminal injuries compensation for loss of thumb, 1996. for £15 thousand (฿697,900) from source -
questions in the UK parliament
Payments made to MPs to table parliamentary questions, 1994. for £2 thousand (฿93,050) from wikipedia
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 (฿107,400 thousand) from wikipedia -
100 Houses
Average (mean) cost of a House in the United Kindgom, 2010 for £251,600 (฿11,710 thousand) from source -
2 thousand Monthly rent
Average monthly cost of renting accomidation in the United Kingdom, 2006/7 for £565 (฿26,290) from source