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You can buy one of the following:
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House
Average (mean) cost of a House in the United Kindgom, 2010 for £251,600 (£S37,540 thousand) from source
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You can buy each US-dollar billionaire one of the following items:
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You can buy all of the following:
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1 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 (£S5,583 thousand) -
1 Question in the UK parliament
Payments made to MPs to table parliamentary questions, 1994. for £2 thousand (£S298,400) from wikipedia -
3 thousand Rooms at The Langham Hotel, London
Bed and breakfast in Classic Room at the Langham Hotel, London. for £310.80 (£S46,360) from source -
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1 thousand Cups of instant coffee
Cost per cup of instant coffee for £0.05 (£S6.86)