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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_world%27s_most_expensive_single_objects wrote:

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This is a list of the world's most expensive single objects.
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$157 billion 	International Space Station
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$27 billion 	Itaipu 	Hydroelectric river dam
$25 billion 	Three Gorges Dam
$13.8 billion	James Bay Hydroelectric river dam
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$8 billion (1977 dollars) 	Alaska Pipeline
$8.1 billion 	CVN-78 class aircraft carrier
$7.1 billion	Olkiluoto Nuclear Power Plant 3
$6.5 billion	ITER (Experimental fusion reactor)
$6.3 billion 	Large Hadron Collider (LHC)
$6 billion 	Øresund Bridge 	Cable-stayed bridge
$5 billion	Akashi-Kaikyō Bridge
$4.3 billion 	Mir
$4.2 billion 	National Ignition Facility (NIF)
$3.1 billion 	Wonthaggi desalination plant
$1.8 billion 	Taipei 101
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