You could buy
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 (LTL151,500)
Buy all billionaires
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 double gloucester one meter in size
One cube of double gloucester one meter in size for £7,872 (LTL31,860) -
1 Housing benefit
Average (mean) weekly housing benefit claim in the UK, July 2011 for £87.18 (LTL352.90) from source -
1 UK Black-and-White Television License
1 Year black-and-white television license, 2011 for £49 (LTL198.30) from bbc -
200 Carl Sagan's Cosmos DVDs
Inspirational and wide-appeal science series. Thirteen episodes, each one hour long. for £11.71 (LTL47.40) from source