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Year of Wikipedia
Yearly expenditure of Wikimedia Foundation, 2007/8 for US$3,541 thousand (L$956 million) from wikipedia
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Words by Stephen Fry
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McFlurries
McDonald's Ice Cream for £1.20 (L$497)
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1 Taxpayer funding of UK political parties
Yearly spending for policy development for £2 million (L$828,300 thousand) from electoral_comission -
1 Olympic swimming pool filled with untaxed petrol
Olympic swimming pool filled with untaxed petrol for £1,173 thousand (L$485,600 thousand) from hardcoded -
1 Thumb
Criminal injuries compensation for loss of thumb, 1996. for £15 thousand (L$6,212 thousand) from source -
1 thousand Freedom of Information requests
Average cost of a request under the UK's Freedom of Information Act, 2010. for £159.80 (L$66,180) from source -
1 Housing benefit
Average (mean) weekly housing benefit claim in the UK, July 2011 for £87.18 (L$36,110) from source