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House
Average (mean) cost of a House in the United Kindgom, 2010 for £251,600 (£S37,540 thousand) from source
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1 Leg
Criminal injuries compensation for loss of leg above knee, 1996. for £40 thousand (£S5,967 thousand) from source -
1 Thumb
Criminal injuries compensation for loss of thumb, 1996. for £15 thousand (£S2,238 thousand) from source -
1 Question in the UK parliament
Payments made to MPs to table parliamentary questions, 1994. for £2 thousand (£S298,400) from wikipedia -
6 thousand Freedom of Information requests
Average cost of a request under the UK's Freedom of Information Act, 2010. for £159.80 (£S23,840) from source -
1 thousand Carl Sagan's Cosmos DVDs
Inspirational and wide-appeal science series. Thirteen episodes, each one hour long. for £11.71 (£S1,747) from source