You could buy
You can buy one of the following:
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Leg
Criminal injuries compensation for loss of leg above knee, 1996. for £40 thousand (L$16,570 thousand) from source -
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 (L$15,500 thousand)
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 Kelly Osbourne for an event
Hire Kelly Osbourne for an event, 2006 for £25 thousand (L$10,350 thousand) from source -
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 -
1 Housing benefit
Average (mean) weekly housing benefit claim in the UK, July 2011 for £87.18 (L$36,110) from source -
1 thousand Carl Sagan's Cosmos DVDs
Inspirational and wide-appeal science series. Thirteen episodes, each one hour long. for £11.71 (L$4,850) from source -
5 thousand Mars bar
Mars bar for £0.40 (L$165.70)