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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 (E£286,100 thousand) from source
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Tours of the UK Parliament
Guided tour of the Houses of Parliament, London for £11.50 (E£123.30) -
Carl Sagan's Cosmos DVDs
Inspirational and wide-appeal science series. Thirteen episodes, each one hour long. for £11.71 (E£125.50) from source
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1 Year of Wikipedia
Yearly expenditure of Wikimedia Foundation, 2007/8 for US$3,541 thousand (E£24,740 thousand) from wikipedia -
1 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 (E£20,120 thousand) from amazon -
6 thousand Acres of the Moon
Cost of an acre of the Sea of Tranquility, from the Lunar Registry for US$37.50 (E£262) from source