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 ($U1,233 thousand) from source -
Enough 1p coins to cover an American football field
Cover an American football field with a single layer of UK one penny coins in hexagonal close-pack formation for £37,430 ($U1,154 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 UK general election campaign
Average spending per candidate standing in the UK general election, 2010. for £3,489 ($U107,600) from electoral_comission -
400 Black's Law Dictionary
"Black's Law Dictionary" by Bryan A. Garner for £89 ($U2,744) from waterstones -
1 Housing benefit
Average (mean) weekly housing benefit claim in the UK, July 2011 for £87.18 ($U2,688) from source -
1 Fill human lungs with butter
Fill human lungs with butter for £28.33 ($U873.60) -
300 Words by Stephen Fry
Cost per word of Stephen Fry's column for £3 ($U92.50)