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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 (LVL30,770)
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Cups of instant coffee
Cost per cup of instant coffee for £0.05 (LVL0.04) -
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1 Nissan Micra
Car for £7,820 (LVL6,430) -
1 Duck island
Cost of a floating duck island, claimed as an expense by Conservative MP, Peter Viggers. for £1,645 (LVL1,353) from wikipedia -
1 Room at The Langham Hotel, London
Bed and breakfast in Classic Room at the Langham Hotel, London. for £310.80 (LVL255.50) from source -
1 Housing benefit
Average (mean) weekly housing benefit claim in the UK, July 2011 for £87.18 (LVL71.68) from source -
3 thousand Random number tables
"A Million Random Digits with 100,000 Normal Deviates" by Michael D. Rich for £62 (LVL50.98) from waterstones