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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 -
1 UK general election campaign
Average spending per candidate standing in the UK general election, 2010. for £3,489 (L$1,445 thousand) from electoral_comission -
1 thousand Maggie Simpsons
Price in opening credits of The Simpsons for US$847.60 (L$228,900) from source -
7 thousand Acres of the Moon
Cost of an acre of the Sea of Tranquility, from the Lunar Registry for US$37.50 (L$10,130) from source -
2 thousand McFlurries
McDonald's Ice Cream for £1.20 (L$497)