You could buy
You can buy one of the following:
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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 (₪10,930 thousand) from amazon -
Taxpayer funding of UK political parties
Yearly spending for policy development for £2 million (₪11,650 thousand) from electoral_comission
Buy each rat in New York city
You can buy each rat one of the following items:
Shopping list
You can buy all of the following:
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1 House
Average (mean) cost of a House in the United Kindgom, 2010 for £251,600 (₪1,465 thousand) from source -
1 Nissan Micra
Car for £7,820 (₪45,540) -
1 thousand duck islands
Cost of a floating duck island, claimed as an expense by Conservative MP, Peter Viggers. for £1,645 (₪9,579) from wikipedia -
3 thousand Random number tables
"A Million Random Digits with 100,000 Normal Deviates" by Michael D. Rich for £62 (₪361) from waterstones -
2 thousand Words by Stephen Fry
Cost per word of Stephen Fry's column for £3 (₪17.47)