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a 235-year-old rulebook everyone swears by and nobody fully agrees on
original lengthabout 4,500 words, shorter than this paragraph's ambitions
oldest standingworld's oldest written national constitution still in use
amendments27 changes in 235 years, 10 arrived at once
penmanshiphandwritten on parchment by Jacob Shallus, a clerk
typo includedPennsylvania misspelled 'Pensylvania' right on the document