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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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Acres of the Moon
Cost of an acre of the Sea of Tranquility, from the Lunar Registry for US$37.50 (£24.45) 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 -
1 Olympic swimming pool filled with untaxed petrol
Olympic swimming pool filled with untaxed petrol for £1,173 thousand from hardcoded -
4 thousand Legs
Criminal injuries compensation for loss of leg above knee, 1996. for £40 thousand from source -
300 questions in the UK parliament
Payments made to MPs to table parliamentary questions, 1994. for £2 thousand from wikipedia -
3 thousand Prescription medicine items
Cost charged by the NHS for an item of prescription medicine for £7.40 from source