You could buy
You can buy one of the following:
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Taxpayer funding of UK political parties
Yearly spending for policy development for £2 million (kn17,670 thousand) from electoral_comission -
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 (kn16,580 thousand) from amazon
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 (kn14,530) from wikipedia
Shopping list
You can buy all of the following:
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600 Events with Jodie Marsh
Hire Jodie Marsh for 3 hours, 2006. Photo: Darren171. for £3,500 (kn30,920) from source -
1 Duck island
Cost of a floating duck island, claimed as an expense by Conservative MP, Peter Viggers. for £1,645 (kn14,530) from wikipedia -
1 Housing benefit
Average (mean) weekly housing benefit claim in the UK, July 2011 for £87.18 (kn770.10) from source -
1 Acre of the Moon
Cost of an acre of the Sea of Tranquility, from the Lunar Registry for US$37.50 (kn216) from source -
500 Words by Stephen Fry
Cost per word of Stephen Fry's column for £3 (kn26.50)