GRAMMAR CRIMES DIVISION

The first typo happened when someone sneezed on a clay tablet. The tablet is still embarrassed.

✗ FAKE
No first typo is recorded. Scribes made errors on clay tablets, and some have been found with corrections. A sneeze origin is a joke.

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