What's the oddest typo you've ever seen published ?
I recently saw (in "Biochemistry Demystified" -- abundant errors) a label for a biological intermediate, ribulose bisphosphate, written as "rebellious bisphosphate". Someone needs to send the authors a copy of "Spellcheck for Dummies".
In a book on Medieval society, an illustration showing the layout of a Medieval market had one area labeled "monkeychangers". (IIRC the figure was reproduced from another publication, too.) I know it's supposed to be "moneychangers", but I still giggle and snort every time I remember it. I imagine those monkeys put up quite a fuss if they didn't want to be changed !
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I was once worked with a medical editor whose niche was bridge to transplantation devices. He was so sick of the term "bridge to transplantation" that he would change all instances to "Bridge on the River Kwai". Well, one day, he forgot to change it back. Fortunately, the error was caught before the manuscript went to press, but had it not... 
Super Bowel supplies here!
Seen on a walgreens marquee. 
that a certain brand of soup had been found to be contaminated with harmful orgasms ... he quickly corrected himself, but the damage was done.
New England clam chowder. 
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Grease Olivia Newton-John and John Travolta was changed to read:
OVA JOHN JOHN and NITOL REVOLTA
Rolling fields with corpses scattered about.
should have been "copses", a thicket of small trees.
up being "pubic". 
Spell check didn't catch it on the program because...well...because pubic is a word. Imagine Pubic housing, pubic schools, and pubic transportation. I learned to look for it and then used saved answers with public spelled correctly in a drop down menu.
