Correct spelling can save lives
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Yesterday, I browsed the user comments on a news website, and noticed that somebody wrote
Heads off
Judging from the context and the rest of the comment he/she was clearly trying to say
Hats off
While spelling mistakes happen to all of us, the change of meaning here is particularly dramatic.