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Year of Wikipedia
Yearly expenditure of Wikimedia Foundation, 2007/8 for US$3,541 thousand ($a18,720 thousand) from wikipedia
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Thumbs
Criminal injuries compensation for loss of thumb, 1996. for £15 thousand ($a121,600) from source
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1 Olympic swimming pool filled with butter
Olympic swimming pool filled with butter for £11,580 thousand ($a93,920 thousand) -
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1 Duck island
Cost of a floating duck island, claimed as an expense by Conservative MP, Peter Viggers. for £1,645 ($a13,340) from wikipedia -
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55 gallons of lube for US$1,495 ($a7,903) from source -
3 thousand Random number tables
"A Million Random Digits with 100,000 Normal Deviates" by Michael D. Rich for £62 ($a502.70) from waterstones