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Year of Wikipedia
Yearly expenditure of Wikimedia Foundation, 2007/8 for US$3,541 thousand ($U71,170 thousand) from wikipedia
Buy each rat in New York city
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Tours of the UK Parliament
Guided tour of the Houses of Parliament, London for £11.50 ($U354.60) -
Carl Sagan's Cosmos DVDs
Inspirational and wide-appeal science series. Thirteen episodes, each one hour long. for £11.71 ($U361) from source
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1 Enough gold leaf to cover an American football field
Cover an American football field with a single layer of gold leaf for US$2,879 thousand ($U57,870 thousand) from amazon -
3 thousand Monthly rent
Average monthly cost of renting accomidation in the United Kingdom, 2006/7 for £565 ($U17,420) from source