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	May 31, 2023	May 31, 2022	May 31, 2021	May 31, 2023	Jul. 26, 2022	Jul. 27, 2021	Oct. 29, 2019	Oct. 30, 2018
Earnings Per Share, Basic and Diluted [Line Items]
Options granted excluded from the computation of diluted earnings per share (in shares)	1,000	500	200
Total purchase price of shares repurchased	$ 398,865	$ 1,525,873	$ 554,121
Share Buyback Program October 2018
Earnings Per Share, Basic and Diluted [Line Items]
Share buyback program, authorized amount								$ 1,000,000
Stock purchased under share buyback (in shares)	0	0	190
Average price per share (in dollars per share)	$ 0	$ 0	$ 319.88
Total purchase price of shares repurchased	$ 0	$ 0	$ 60,877
Share Buyback Program October 2019
Earnings Per Share, Basic and Diluted [Line Items]
Share buyback program, authorized amount							$ 1,000,000
Stock purchased under share buyback (in shares)	0	1,590	1,196
Average price per share (in dollars per share)	$ 0	$ 365.41	$ 350.31
Total purchase price of shares repurchased	$ 0	$ 581,220	$ 418,779
Share Buyback Program July 27 2021
Earnings Per Share, Basic and Diluted [Line Items]
Share buyback program, authorized amount						$ 1,500,000
Stock purchased under share buyback (in shares)	550	2,150	0	2,700
Average price per share (in dollars per share)	$ 396.69	$ 383.01	$ 0	$ 385.80
Total purchase price of shares repurchased	$ 218,288	$ 823,429	$ 0	$ 1,000,000
Noncash Share Repurchase Transaction
Earnings Per Share, Basic and Diluted [Line Items]
Stock purchased under share buyback (in shares)	360	71
Average price per share (in dollars per share)	$ 424.86	$ 402.73
Total purchase price of shares repurchased	$ 152,983	$ 28,670
Share Buyback Program July 26 2022
Earnings Per Share, Basic and Diluted [Line Items]
Share buyback program, authorized amount					$ 1,000,000
Stock purchased under share buyback (in shares)	0	0	0
Average price per share (in dollars per share)	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0
Total purchase price of shares repurchased	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0