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Empire State Building
Cost of Empire State Building when built in 1931, including cost of land for US$40,950 thousand ($U823,100 thousand) from source
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Thumbs
Criminal injuries compensation for loss of thumb, 1996. for £15 thousand ($U462,500) from source -
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1 Sunflower painting
Auction price of the van Gogh painting, 1987 for US$39,900 thousand ($U802 million) from source -
1 Apple Store
Average cost of furnishing an Apple Store for US$8,500 thousand ($U170,900 thousand) from source -
1 Year of Wikipedia
Yearly expenditure of Wikimedia Foundation, 2007/8 for US$3,541 thousand ($U71,170 thousand) from wikipedia -
1 Olympic swimming pool filled with untaxed petrol
Olympic swimming pool filled with untaxed petrol for £1,173 thousand ($U36,150 thousand) from hardcoded -
9 thousand Random number tables
"A Million Random Digits with 100,000 Normal Deviates" by Michael D. Rich for £62 ($U1,912) from waterstones