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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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duck islands
Cost of a floating duck island, claimed as an expense by Conservative MP, Peter Viggers. for £1,645 (£S245,400) from wikipedia -
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1 Year of Wikipedia
Yearly expenditure of Wikimedia Foundation, 2007/8 for US$3,541 thousand (£S344,300 thousand) from wikipedia -
1 Enough gold leaf to cover an American football field
Cover an American football field with a single layer of gold leaf for US$2,879 thousand (£S280 million) from amazon -
1 Jodie Marsh for 3 hours
Hire Jodie Marsh for 3 hours, 2006. Photo: Darren171. for £3,500 (£S522,100) from source -
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7 thousand Acres of the Moon
Cost of an acre of the Sea of Tranquility, from the Lunar Registry for US$37.50 (£S3,647) from source