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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 (NOK16,700 thousand) from amazon
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Monthly rent
Average monthly cost of renting accomidation in the United Kingdom, 2006/7 for £565 (NOK5,026) from source -
duck islands
Cost of a floating duck island, claimed as an expense by Conservative MP, Peter Viggers. for £1,645 (NOK14,630) from wikipedia
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1 Olympic swimming pool filled with untaxed petrol
Olympic swimming pool filled with untaxed petrol for £1,173 thousand (NOK10,430 thousand) from hardcoded -
1 Question in the UK parliament
Payments made to MPs to table parliamentary questions, 1994. for £2 thousand (NOK17,790) from wikipedia -
800 Tubs of Passion Natural Water-Based Lubricant
55 gallons of lube for US$1,495 (NOK8,671) from source -
1 Housing benefit
Average (mean) weekly housing benefit claim in the UK, July 2011 for £87.18 (NOK775.60) from source -
2 thousand Scientific calculators
Casio FX-85GT+ scientific calculator for £7.99 (NOK71.08) from source