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You can buy one of the following:
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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 (E£401,200)
Buy all billionaires
You can buy each US-dollar billionaire one of the following items:
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Black's Law Dictionary
"Black's Law Dictionary" by Bryan A. Garner for £89 (E£953.90) from waterstones -
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You can buy all of the following:
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1 Lunch with Sir Roger Moore and Terry Wogan
Charity Auction for Children In Need. Photo: Allan Warren. for £75 thousand (E£803,900) from source -
1 Question in the UK parliament
Payments made to MPs to table parliamentary questions, 1994. for £2 thousand (E£21,440) from wikipedia -
1 Passion Natural Water-Based Lubricant - 55 Gallon
55 gallons of lube for US$1,495 (E£10,450) from source -
4 thousand Carl Sagan's Cosmos DVDs
Inspirational and wide-appeal science series. Thirteen episodes, each one hour long. for £11.71 (E£125.50) from source -
300 Words by Stephen Fry
Cost per word of Stephen Fry's column for £3 (E£32.15)