The news broke yesterday about Facebook buying Instagram for $1 Billion and it spread like wild fire, initial reaction was that the news is fake, however, Mark Zuckerburg, himself updated a post about the acquisition.

Even though it’s an awesome investment, there are other things Mark Zuckerburg could’ve brought for a ‘cool Billion Dollars‘

• The entire New York Times, says Reuters’ Jack Shafer

•  The ability to buy out New York Times CEO Janet Robinson 42 times

• 800 of AOL’s Microsoft’s patents

•  1,250 scandal-inducing, team-building government conferences akin to the General Service Administration’s $800,000 Las Vegas shindig

• Shell’s Debt on Iranian Oil

• The cure for Lou Gehrig’s disease

• Solo Cups (the company)

• The amount BP has pledged toward Gulf Restoration

• A better 911 program in New York City

• Soccer team Real Madrid’s Island in the UAE

• The winnings of every Powerball jackpot in 2007

• 45 percent of a B-2 Bomber

• 68 Lebron Jameses , 40 Kobe Bryants, and 83 Albert Pujolses

• All of J.Lo’s love (it’s gratis!)

The DNetWorks Team