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 (﷼ 10,800 thousand) from amazon -
Taxpayer funding of UK political parties
Yearly spending for policy development for £2 million (﷼ 11,510 thousand) from electoral_comission
Buy each rat in New York city
You can buy each rat one of the following items:
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Prescription medicine items
Cost charged by the NHS for an item of prescription medicine for £7.40 (﷼ 42.57) from source
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You can buy all of the following:
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1 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 (﷼ 10,800 thousand) from amazon -
1 Thumb
Criminal injuries compensation for loss of thumb, 1996. for £15 thousand (﷼ 86,300) from source -
1 UK general election campaign
Average spending per candidate standing in the UK general election, 2010. for £3,489 (﷼ 20,070) from electoral_comission -
4 thousand Random number tables
"A Million Random Digits with 100,000 Normal Deviates" by Michael D. Rich for £62 (﷼ 356.70) from waterstones -
1 thousand Words by Stephen Fry
Cost per word of Stephen Fry's column for £3 (﷼ 17.26)