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You can buy one of the following:
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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
Thousands of
You can buy one of the following:
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Legs
Criminal injuries compensation for loss of leg above knee, 1996. for £40 thousand (R603 thousand) from source -
Thumbs
Criminal injuries compensation for loss of thumb, 1996. for £15 thousand (R226,100) from source
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1 Olympic swimming pool filled with untaxed petrol
Olympic swimming pool filled with untaxed petrol for £1,173 thousand (R17,680 thousand) from hardcoded -
500 Houses
Average (mean) cost of a House in the United Kindgom, 2010 for £251,600 (R3,794 thousand) from source -
200 questions in the UK parliament
Payments made to MPs to table parliamentary questions, 1994. for £2 thousand (R30,150) from wikipedia -
1 Housing benefit
Average (mean) weekly housing benefit claim in the UK, July 2011 for £87.18 (R1,314) from source -
1 Unemployment benefit
Income-based Jobseekers Allowance for under 25 year olds, UK for £53.45 (R805.80) from source