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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 (RON9,708 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 (RON59.49) -
Carl Sagan's Cosmos DVDs
Inspirational and wide-appeal science series. Thirteen episodes, each one hour long. for £11.71 (RON60.57) from source
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1 Year of Wikipedia
Yearly expenditure of Wikimedia Foundation, 2007/8 for US$3,541 thousand (RON11,940 thousand) from wikipedia -
1 One cube of gold one meter in size
One cube of gold one meter in size for US$1,038 thousand (RON3,501 thousand) from hardcoded -
1 Leg
Criminal injuries compensation for loss of leg above knee, 1996. for £40 thousand (RON206,900) from source -
1 Freedom of Information request
Average cost of a request under the UK's Freedom of Information Act, 2010. for £159.80 (RON826.60) from source -
1 Housing benefit
Average (mean) weekly housing benefit claim in the UK, July 2011 for £87.18 (RON451) from source