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Today I Learned

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Post direct links to interesting facts that you just learned about today

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TIL that arguably the first comprehensive English dictionary was written by one dude over the course of seven years and that was THE dictionary for 70+ years (en.wikipedia.org)
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[–] Pons_Aelius@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

It's a common expression down our way.