H&M shirt misspells word in Edison quote

The apparel chain has apparently pulled the shirt which spells “genius” with an “o.”

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Apparently geniuses don’t always have time to use spellcheck.

Clothing retailer H&M wanted to sell a T-shirt featuring the Thomas Edison quote, “Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.”

H&M is certainly perspiring now after the gaffe it made when creating the shirt:

Our ‘fail of the day’ is from H&M. Anything but genius: http://t.co/smQN75r5iI #FailoftheDay pic.twitter.com/wAd8SUt9Zo

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