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Olympic swimming pool filled with butter
Olympic swimming pool filled with butter for £11,580 thousand (US$17,770 thousand)
Millions of
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Cherry & cinnamon tea
20 Twinings Cherry & Cinnamon tea bags for £1.26 (US$1.93) -
Carl Sagan's Cosmos DVDs
Inspirational and wide-appeal science series. Thirteen episodes, each one hour long. for £11.71 (US$17.96) from source
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1 Year of Jonathan Ross
Yearly pay of Jonathan Ross, 2006 for £6 million (US$9,203 thousand) from source -
100 Legs
Criminal injuries compensation for loss of leg above knee, 1996. for £40 thousand (US$61,360) from source -
1 Enough 1p coins to cover an American football field
Cover an American football field with a single layer of UK one penny coins in hexagonal close-pack formation for £37,430 (US$57,410) -
100 Thumbs
Criminal injuries compensation for loss of thumb, 1996. for £15 thousand (US$23,010) 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 (US$245.10) from source