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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 (£26,700 thousand) from source
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Carl Sagan's Cosmos DVDs
Inspirational and wide-appeal science series. Thirteen episodes, each one hour long. for £11.71 from source -
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1 Year of Wikipedia
Yearly expenditure of Wikimedia Foundation, 2007/8 for US$3,541 thousand (£2,308 thousand) from wikipedia -
9 thousand Thumbs
Criminal injuries compensation for loss of thumb, 1996. for £15 thousand from source -
800 duck islands
Cost of a floating duck island, claimed as an expense by Conservative MP, Peter Viggers. for £1,645 from wikipedia