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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
Buy each rat in New York city
You can buy each rat one of the following items:
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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 -
Shopping list
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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 Year of Wikipedia
Yearly expenditure of Wikimedia Foundation, 2007/8 for US$3,541 thousand ($U71,170 thousand) from wikipedia -
1 Influencing legislation
Fee requested by Lord Truscott to amend government legislation. for £72 thousand ($U2,220 thousand) from wikipedia -
1 thousand Thumbs
Criminal injuries compensation for loss of thumb, 1996. for £15 thousand ($U462,500) from source -
1 One cube of butter one meter in size
One cube of butter one meter in size for £4,722 ($U145,600)