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Monthly rent
Average monthly cost of renting accomidation in the United Kingdom, 2006/7 for £565 (B8.31) from source
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You can buy each US-dollar billionaire one of the following items:
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You can buy all of the following:
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1 One cube of butter one meter in size
One cube of butter one meter in size for £4,722 (B69.44) -
1 Duck island
Cost of a floating duck island, claimed as an expense by Conservative MP, Peter Viggers. for £1,645 (B24.19) from wikipedia -
1 Room at The Langham Hotel, London
Bed and breakfast in Classic Room at the Langham Hotel, London. for £310.80 (B4.57) from source -
1 Housing benefit
Average (mean) weekly housing benefit claim in the UK, July 2011 for £87.18 (B1.28) from source -
1 Random number tables
"A Million Random Digits with 100,000 Normal Deviates" by Michael D. Rich for £62 (B0.91) from waterstones