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You could buy

You can buy one of the following:

Luxury yacht
Luxury yacht, "Le Grand Bleu" for £75 million (US$115 million) from source

Buy all billionaires

You can buy each US-dollar billionaire one of the following items:

Yearly salary of an MP
Yearly salary of an MP, 2011. for £65,740 (US$100,800) from source
Performances by Lilly Allen
40 minute performance by Lilly Allen, 2006. Photo: Benoît Derrier. for £60 thousand (US$92,030) from source

Shopping list

You can buy all of the following:

1 UK General Election
General Election, 2001 for £51 million (US$78,230 thousand) from source
1 Empire State Building
Cost of Empire State Building when built in 1931, including cost of land for US$40,950 thousand from source
1 Year of Wikipedia
Yearly expenditure of Wikimedia Foundation, 2007/8 for US$3,541 thousand from wikipedia
1 Olympic swimming pool filled with untaxed petrol
Olympic swimming pool filled with untaxed petrol for £1,173 thousand (US$1,799 thousand) from hardcoded
1 House
Average (mean) cost of a House in the United Kindgom, 2010 for £251,600 (US$386 thousand) from source