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Year of Wikipedia
Yearly expenditure of Wikimedia Foundation, 2007/8 for US$3,541 thousand from wikipedia
Buy each rat in New York city
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1 Olympic swimming pool filled with ribena
Olympic swimming pool filled with ribena for £7,334 thousand (US$11,250 thousand) -
1 Charlotte Church for an event
Hire Charlotte Church for an event, 2006. Photo: Keven Law. for £50 thousand (US$76,700) from source -
1 Duck island
Cost of a floating duck island, claimed as an expense by Conservative MP, Peter Viggers. for £1,645 (US$2,523) from wikipedia -
5 thousand Rooms at The Langham Hotel, London
Bed and breakfast in Classic Room at the Langham Hotel, London. for £310.80 (US$476.70) from source -
700 Random number tables
"A Million Random Digits with 100,000 Normal Deviates" by Michael D. Rich for £62 (US$95.10) from waterstones