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Monthly rent
Average monthly cost of renting accomidation in the United Kingdom, 2006/7 for £565 (L$234 thousand) from source
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You can buy each US-dollar billionaire one of the following items:
Shopping list
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1 Duck island
Cost of a floating duck island, claimed as an expense by Conservative MP, Peter Viggers. for £1,645 (L$681,300) from wikipedia -
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1 Housing benefit
Average (mean) weekly housing benefit claim in the UK, July 2011 for £87.18 (L$36,110) from source -
100 Words by Stephen Fry
Cost per word of Stephen Fry's column for £3 (L$1,242) -
1 A speck of dust made of anti-hydrogen gas
A speck of dust made of anti-hydrogen gas for US$0.05 (L$14.38)