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House
Average (mean) cost of a House in the United Kindgom, 2010 for £251,600 (L$104,200 thousand) from source
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questions in the UK parliament
Payments made to MPs to table parliamentary questions, 1994. for £2 thousand (L$828,300) from wikipedia
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1 Year of Wikipedia
Yearly expenditure of Wikimedia Foundation, 2007/8 for US$3,541 thousand (L$956 million) from wikipedia -
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Criminal injuries compensation for loss of thumb, 1996. for £15 thousand (L$6,212 thousand) from source -
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Olympic swimming pool filled with tap water for £3,359 (L$1,391 thousand) from hardcoded -
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Cost of a floating duck island, claimed as an expense by Conservative MP, Peter Viggers. for £1,645 (L$681,300) from wikipedia