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Enough gold leaf to cover an American football field
Cover an American football field with a single layer of gold leaf for US$2,879 thousand ($a15,220 thousand) from amazon
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Monthly rent
Average monthly cost of renting accomidation in the United Kingdom, 2006/7 for £565 ($a4,581) from source -
Freedom of Information requests
Average cost of a request under the UK's Freedom of Information Act, 2010. for £159.80 ($a1,296) 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 ($a9,507 thousand) from hardcoded -
1 thousand Maggie Simpsons
Price in opening credits of The Simpsons for US$847.60 ($a4,481) from source -
2 thousand UK Television Licenses
1 Year colour television license, 2011 for £145.50 ($a1,180) from bbc -
1 Housing benefit
Average (mean) weekly housing benefit claim in the UK, July 2011 for £87.18 ($a706.90) from source