You could buy
You can buy one of the following:
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Enough gold leaf to cover an American football field
Cover an American football field with a single layer of gold leaf for US$2,879 thousand ($a15,220 thousand) from amazon -
Taxpayer funding of UK political parties
Yearly spending for policy development for £2 million ($a16,220 thousand) from electoral_comission
Buy all billionaires
You can buy each US-dollar billionaire one of the following items:
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duck islands
Cost of a floating duck island, claimed as an expense by Conservative MP, Peter Viggers. for £1,645 ($a13,340) from wikipedia
Shopping list
You can buy all of the following:
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1 All humans replaced with replicas made from ribena
All humans replaced with replicas made from ribena for £1,390 thousand ($a11,270 thousand) -
1 Housing benefit
Average (mean) weekly housing benefit claim in the UK, July 2011 for £87.18 ($a706.90) from source -
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700 Words by Stephen Fry
Cost per word of Stephen Fry's column for £3 ($a24.33)