Maybe you'd want to buy the most expensive thing in the world. But what would that be? The most expensive thing in the world is the History Supreme Yacht, with an astonishing value of $4.5 billion. Keep reading to learn more about the 15 most expensive things in the world for 2023.
This painting tops the list of the most expensive things ever stolen with a price tag of at least $2 billion. Did you know that the Mona Lisa is just one of many famous paintings with secret messages?
Antimatter is by far the most expensive material on Earth. Although only very small amounts have ever been produced, there is currently no way of storing them. It requires the highly sophisticated technology found at places like CERN to even dream of "making it."
Platinum is generally valued higher than gold. This is because platinum is rarer than gold, has a higher density and is purer. Platinum rings require more platinum than gold rings require gold, which can increase the overall cost.
The cost of 1 gram of antimatter is about 62.5 trillion dollars (around 5,000 billion INR). In physics, antimatter is defined as the opposite of matter, having the same mass as matter but opposite electric charge. There are a lot of things in the world that are extremely expensive.
Vincenzo Peruggia (8 October 1881 – 8 October 1925) was an Italian museum worker, artist and thief, most famous for stealing the Mona Lisa from the Louvre museum in Paris on 21 August 1911.
It's cheese, but why? It would probably surprise you to learn that the No. 1 shoplifted food item in the world is not a pocket-sized sweet or high-end liquor but rather everyone's favorite burger topping: cheese.
Money can't buy love -- or friendship
"When people base their self-worth on financial success, they experience feelings of pressure and a lack of autonomy, which are associated with negative social outcomes," says Lora Park, an associate professor of psychology at UB and one of the paper's co-authors.
Almas caviar might be the most expensive food in the world, clocking in at $34,500 USD per kilogram. It's really expensive because it's rare and is sourced exclusively from the Iranian Beluga sturgeon (also referred to as the Huso Huso). The Iranian Beluga creates two forms of caviar: the Beluga and the Almas.
But unfortunately, money cannot buy values, such as integrity, loyalty, and trustworthiness. Being a person with a clear conscience and possessing good morals is something one can only gain by making an effort to exhibit such character.
The Tibetan mastiff is considered the most expensive dog, as it has sold for thousands and even millions.
The venom of the deathstalker scorpion costs $39 million dollars a gallon, making it the most expensive liquid on Earth. One scorpion would need to be milked 2.64 million times to fill a gallon. Scorpion venom has a wide array of medical applications, from identifying tumors to treating malaria.
The most expensive dress in the world currently is the Nightingale of Kuala Lumpur designed by Faisal Abdullah. Released in 2009, the dress is valued at an astounding $30 million. It's made of crimson silk and taffeta, and has over 750 real diamonds sewn into it.
Theft rate - Country rankings
The highest value was in Denmark: 3949 thefts per 100,000 people and the lowest value was in Senegal: 1 thefts per 100,000 people. The indicator is available from 2003 to 2016. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.
According to Time magazine, cheese is the most stolen food on earth.
People from all over the world make the pilgrimage to her climate-controlled and bulletproof room in The Louvre Museum, Paris. Did you know that The Mona Lisa cannot be bought or sold? It belongs to the French people and there's even a law which prohibits it.
The Mona Lisa is priceless. Any speculative price (some say over a billion dollars!) would probably be so high that not one person would be able or willing to purchase and maintain the painting. Moreover, the Louvre Museum would probably never sell it.
The tiny delineations at the corners of the mouth become indistinct, but you will still see the shadows at her mouth's edge. These shadows and the soft sfumato at the edge of her mouth make her lips seem to turn upward into a subtle smile. The result is a smile that twinkles brighter the less you search for it.
Antimatter is even more expensive than artificial elements such as ununoctium or unobtanium, at just a $62 trillion a gram. Most people would think diamonds or gold are the most expensive substances on Earth.
The term dark matter was coined in 1933 by Fritz Zwicky of the California Institute of Technology to describe the unseen matter that must dominate one feature of the universe—the Coma Galaxy Cluster.
Yes it does, but we don't see it around us. The 'case file' for antimatter was opened in 1928 by physicist Paul Dirac. He developed a theory that combined quantum mechanics and Einstein's special relativity to provide a more full description of electron interactions.