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You can buy one of the following:
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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
Buy all billionaires
You can buy each US-dollar billionaire one of the following items:
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Duchy Originals sausages
Pack of 6 free range old-fashioned pork sausages with fresh herb for £2.85 (L$1,180) -
Words by Stephen Fry
Cost per word of Stephen Fry's column for £3 (L$1,242)
Shopping list
You can buy all of the following:
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1 UK general election campaign
Average spending per candidate standing in the UK general election, 2010. for £3,489 (L$1,445 thousand) from electoral_comission -
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1 Freedom of Information request
Average cost of a request under the UK's Freedom of Information Act, 2010. for £159.80 (L$66,180) from source -
1 Random number tables
"A Million Random Digits with 100,000 Normal Deviates" by Michael D. Rich for £62 (L$25,680) from waterstones -
1 A life-sized human made of tap water
A life-sized human made of tap water for £0.09 (L$37.66) from hardcoded