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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
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duck islands
Cost of a floating duck island, claimed as an expense by Conservative MP, Peter Viggers. for £1,645 (L51,150) from wikipedia -
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Average monthly cost of renting accomidation in the United Kingdom, 2006/7 for £565 (L17,570) from source
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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 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 -
2 thousand UK Television Licenses
1 Year colour television license, 2011 for £145.50 (L4,524) from bbc