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Enough 1p coins to cover an American football field
Cover an American football field with a single layer of UK one penny coins in hexagonal close-pack formation for £37,430 (L1,164 thousand)
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Carl Sagan's Cosmos DVDs
Inspirational and wide-appeal science series. Thirteen episodes, each one hour long. for £11.71 (L364.10) from source -
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1 Enough 1p coins to cover an American football field
Cover an American football field with a single layer of UK one penny coins in hexagonal close-pack formation for £37,430 (L1,164 thousand) -
1 Question in the UK parliament
Payments made to MPs to table parliamentary questions, 1994. for £2 thousand (L62,190) from wikipedia -
1 Room at The Langham Hotel, London
Bed and breakfast in Classic Room at the Langham Hotel, London. for £310.80 (L9,664) from source -
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1 Random number tables
"A Million Random Digits with 100,000 Normal Deviates" by Michael D. Rich for £62 (L1,928) from waterstones