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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 (L58,360 thousand) from amazon
Buy each rat in New York city
You can buy each rat one of the following items:
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Tours of the UK Parliament
Guided tour of the Houses of Parliament, London for £11.50 (L357.60)
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1 Year of Wikipedia
Yearly expenditure of Wikimedia Foundation, 2007/8 for US$3,541 thousand (L71,770 thousand) from wikipedia -
1 Thumb
Criminal injuries compensation for loss of thumb, 1996. for £15 thousand (L466,400) from source -
1 Nissan Micra
Car for £7,820 (L243,100) -
1 Olympic swimming pool filled with tap water
Olympic swimming pool filled with tap water for £3,359 (L104,400) from hardcoded -
9 thousand UK Television Licenses
1 Year colour television license, 2011 for £145.50 (L4,524) from bbc