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TIL that the 2nd edition of the Oxford English Dictionary costs $1215 (USD). It has 20 volumes and was last published in print in 1989, the Second Edition. The Third Edition is currently in progress. (There're also a more compact versions, but this TIL is about the BIG one.)

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JYnDj TIL that in 1955 a lightning bolt struck a land mine from WW1 in Belgium killing a cow, making that cow a casualty of war.
a8JEb TIL WrestleMania 3 in 1987 featuring Hulk Hogan vs. Andre the Giant set various records including ticket sales of $1.6 million, PPV revenue of $10.3 million, and the largest indoor event at 78,000 people. The WWF even claimed the official attendance was 98,173.
nWG0P TIL Majority of Texas counties rely on justices of the peace for reports on unexpected, or violent deaths at home, on the streets, and in emergency rooms, among other places. Yet are not required by Texas law to have any medical knowledge or training at all
1aLyr TIL that after being caught driving at 290km/h (180mph) in Switzerland, a man was fined $1,000,000, the most expensive speeding ticket ever given. He was driving so quickly that several older-model speed cameras were unable to detect him. The driver claimed that his cars speedometer was broken.
W7BEX TIL that Judaism has a roughly 2500-year-old prayer for using the bathroom in which you thank God for giving you the right number of orifices and not sealing them or making new ones