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Taxpayer funding of UK political parties
Yearly spending for policy development for £2 million (﷼ 11,510 thousand) from electoral_comission
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Average monthly cost of renting accomidation in the United Kingdom, 2006/7 for £565 (﷼ 3,250) from source
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1 Year of Wikipedia
Yearly expenditure of Wikimedia Foundation, 2007/8 for US$3,541 thousand (﷼ 13,280 thousand) from wikipedia -
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 (﷼ 215,300) -
1 Duck island
Cost of a floating duck island, claimed as an expense by Conservative MP, Peter Viggers. for £1,645 (﷼ 9,464) from wikipedia -
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400 Random number tables
"A Million Random Digits with 100,000 Normal Deviates" by Michael D. Rich for £62 (﷼ 356.70) from waterstones