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Year of Wikipedia
Yearly expenditure of Wikimedia Foundation, 2007/8 for US$3,541 thousand ($U71,170 thousand) from wikipedia
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Yearly income of average person (worldwide) for US$7,880 ($U158,400) from source -
Thumbs
Criminal injuries compensation for loss of thumb, 1996. for £15 thousand ($U462,500) from source
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1 Sunflower painting
Auction price of the van Gogh painting, 1987 for US$39,900 thousand ($U802 million) from source -
1 Apple Store
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1 Enough gold leaf to cover an American football field
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100 duck islands
Cost of a floating duck island, claimed as an expense by Conservative MP, Peter Viggers. for £1,645 ($U50,720) from wikipedia