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Year of Wikipedia
Yearly expenditure of Wikimedia Foundation, 2007/8 for US$3,541 thousand (ر.ق12,890 thousand) from wikipedia
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Thumbs
Criminal injuries compensation for loss of thumb, 1996. for £15 thousand (ر.ق83,780) from source -
duck islands
Cost of a floating duck island, claimed as an expense by Conservative MP, Peter Viggers. for £1,645 (ر.ق9,188) from wikipedia
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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 (ر.ق209,100) -
9 thousand questions in the UK parliament
Payments made to MPs to table parliamentary questions, 1994. for £2 thousand (ر.ق11,170) from wikipedia -
1 Housing benefit
Average (mean) weekly housing benefit claim in the UK, July 2011 for £87.18 (ر.ق486.90) from source -
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1 Acre of the Moon
Cost of an acre of the Sea of Tranquility, from the Lunar Registry for US$37.50 (ر.ق136.60) from source