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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 (B27,600) from amazon
Buy all billionaires
You can buy each US-dollar billionaire one of the following items:
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Nissan Micra
Car for £7,820 (B115)
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1 Year of Wikipedia
Yearly expenditure of Wikimedia Foundation, 2007/8 for US$3,541 thousand (B33,950) from wikipedia -
1 Olympic swimming pool filled with untaxed petrol
Olympic swimming pool filled with untaxed petrol for £1,173 thousand (B17,240) from hardcoded -
200 Years income of average person
Yearly income of average person (worldwide) for US$7,880 (B75.55) from source -
2 thousand Words by Stephen Fry
Cost per word of Stephen Fry's column for £3 (B0.04)