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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 (R402,500 thousand) from source
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You can buy each US-dollar billionaire one of the following items:
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Lunches with Sir Roger Moore and Terry Wogan
Charity Auction for Children In Need. Photo: Allan Warren. for £75 thousand (R1,131 thousand) from source
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1 Year of Wikipedia
Yearly expenditure of Wikimedia Foundation, 2007/8 for US$3,541 thousand (R34,800 thousand) from wikipedia -
400 Houses
Average (mean) cost of a House in the United Kindgom, 2010 for £251,600 (R3,794 thousand) from source -
1 Duck island
Cost of a floating duck island, claimed as an expense by Conservative MP, Peter Viggers. for £1,645 (R24,800) from wikipedia -
1 Passion Natural Water-Based Lubricant - 55 Gallon
55 gallons of lube for US$1,495 (R14,690) from source -
300 Freedom of Information requests
Average cost of a request under the UK's Freedom of Information Act, 2010. for £159.80 (R2,409) from source