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)
Thousands of
You can buy one of the following:
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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 -
Shopping list
You can buy all of the following:
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1 Leg
Criminal injuries compensation for loss of leg above knee, 1996. for £40 thousand (L$16,570 thousand) from source -
1 Question in the UK parliament
Payments made to MPs to table parliamentary questions, 1994. for £2 thousand (L$828,300) from wikipedia -
1 Monthly rent
Average monthly cost of renting accomidation in the United Kingdom, 2006/7 for £565 (L$234 thousand) from source -
1 One word by Stephen Fry
Cost per word of Stephen Fry's column for £3 (L$1,242) -