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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 (A$58,680)
Buy all billionaires
You can buy each US-dollar billionaire one of the following items:
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Years membership to the Free Software Foundation
Yearly Associate Membership to the Free Software Foundation for US$120 (A$122.70) from source -
Shopping list
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1 40 minutes of Lilly Allen
40 minute performance by Lilly Allen, 2006. Photo: Benoît Derrier. for £60 thousand (A$94,070) from source -
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1 Housing benefit
Average (mean) weekly housing benefit claim in the UK, July 2011 for £87.18 (A$136.70) from source -
800 Random number tables
"A Million Random Digits with 100,000 Normal Deviates" by Michael D. Rich for £62 (A$97.20) from waterstones -
1 UK Black-and-White Television License
1 Year black-and-white television license, 2011 for £49 (A$76.82) from bbc