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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 from source
Buy all billionaires
You can buy each US-dollar billionaire one of the following items:
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Events with Charlotte Church
Hire Charlotte Church for an event, 2006. Photo: Keven Law. for £50 thousand (US$76,700) from source
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1 Olympic swimming pool filled with double gloucester
Olympic swimming pool filled with double gloucester for £19,310 thousand (US$29,620 thousand) -
1 Year of Wikipedia
Yearly expenditure of Wikimedia Foundation, 2007/8 for US$3,541 thousand from wikipedia -
1 Lunch with Sir Roger Moore and Terry Wogan
Charity Auction for Children In Need. Photo: Allan Warren. for £75 thousand (US$115 thousand) from source -
1 Leg
Criminal injuries compensation for loss of leg above knee, 1996. for £40 thousand (US$61,360) from source