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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$39,900 thousand ($U802 million) from source
Buy each rat in New York city
You can buy each rat one of the following items:
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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$40,950 thousand ($U823,100 thousand) from source -
600 Thumbs
Criminal injuries compensation for loss of thumb, 1996. for £15 thousand ($U462,500) from source -
200 Freedom of Information requests
Average cost of a request under the UK's Freedom of Information Act, 2010. for £159.80 ($U4,927) from source -
6 thousand Black's Law Dictionary
"Black's Law Dictionary" by Bryan A. Garner for £89 ($U2,744) from waterstones -
1 Housing benefit
Average (mean) weekly housing benefit claim in the UK, July 2011 for £87.18 ($U2,688) from source