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Your first it's is correct. It is Latin.
Your second it's should be its. The definition belongs to the word. But to be fair, I typed it correctly, and then just now had to go back and fix the autoincorrection. So that probably happened to you as well.
https://blogs.illinois.edu/view/25/76120
Or sometimes we taught elementary school for too long. It's only worth doing when the rest of the post is correct and erudite, when an error creates confusion, or when I have a helpful mnemonic to offer. No shaming, especially English learners. Sadly, no OCD excuse for me. Undiagnosed ADD, probably.
You are the first person who didn't blow up at this. I'm impressed.
There'd be no shame in being OCD anyway. And I do realize it's pedantic to point out spelling/grammar errors in such an informal setting. But maybe someone will use the correct "pallet" or "its" or "defuse" on a job application or some other important document because they remembered a correction they saw here.
I've read that many people with actual OCD don't appreciate the condition being bandied about as a catch all for others having hangups over trivial things.