Typos

I know it's late but...

Recently, I noticed that the word “bizarre” is spelled wrong on this blog. In commemoration of this typo, I decided to post some unusual typos:
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The performance art troupe "Kaiju Big Battel," which has roots in professional wrestling and Japanese monster movies, disocvered they spelled "Battle" wrong on a t-shirt, so they kept it.

Many of my readers are probably fans of "filking." The term "filk" (meaning parody music) originated at the first General Science Fiction Convention ("GenCon"). At the time, folk music was done quite frequently at SciFiCons, due to its controversial nature. It was only after the Con program was published that people realized the word "folk" was spelled "filk," which stuck.

The term "a parting shot" is itself a typo of "a parthian shot," which was a technique used by the Parthian army, in which they faked a retreat, then turned and fired their arrows at their enemies.

The “Wicked Bible” of 1631 contained the words, “Thou shalt commit adultery” in Exodus 20:14, omitting the vital “not.”

"To be or to be." That's how one of the most famous sentences in the English language began several years ago in a new edition of Shakespeare's "Hamlet." Six professional proofreaders failed to catch the mistake, which received national publicity and gave the publishing company a red face.

Some other famous typos include:
• “This contract shall be effective as of the singing of this agreement.”
• “He used his wench to pull his truck out of the ditch.”
• “I know judo, karate, jujitsu and other forms of marital arts.”
• “Sign up now for our Beauty and Fitness Curse.”
• “We practice an esoteric form of transcendental medication.”
• “We proudly feature some-day shipping.”
• “Our massage treatments help relive your pain.”

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