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You can buy one of the following:
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House
Average (mean) cost of a House in the United Kindgom, 2010 for £251,600 (B/.386 thousand) from source
Buy all billionaires
You can buy each US-dollar billionaire one of the following items:
Shopping list
You can buy all of the following:
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1 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 (B/.57,410) -
200 Events with Keith Chegwin
Hire Keith Chegwin for an event, 2006 for £4,500 (B/.6,903) from source -
1 Freedom of Information request
Average cost of a request under the UK's Freedom of Information Act, 2010. for £159.80 (B/.245.10) from source -
100 Prescription medicine items
Cost charged by the NHS for an item of prescription medicine for £7.40 (B/.11.35) from source -
6 thousand Words by Stephen Fry
Cost per word of Stephen Fry's column for £3 (B/.4.60)