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Olympic swimming pool filled with butter
Olympic swimming pool filled with butter for £11,580 thousand ($a93,920 thousand)
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Tours of the UK Parliament
Guided tour of the Houses of Parliament, London for £11.50 ($a93.25) -
Words by Stephen Fry
Cost per word of Stephen Fry's column for £3 ($a24.33)
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1 Olympic swimming pool filled with double gloucester
Olympic swimming pool filled with double gloucester for £19,310 thousand ($a156,600 thousand) -
1 Year of Wikipedia
Yearly expenditure of Wikimedia Foundation, 2007/8 for US$3,541 thousand ($a18,720 thousand) from wikipedia -
1 Taxpayer funding of UK political parties
Yearly spending for policy development for £2 million ($a16,220 thousand) from electoral_comission -
1 Lunch with Sir Roger Moore and Terry Wogan
Charity Auction for Children In Need. Photo: Allan Warren. for £75 thousand ($a608,100) from source -
1 Leg
Criminal injuries compensation for loss of leg above knee, 1996. for £40 thousand ($a324,300) from source