Here's to the underappreciated, the unseen, the footnote. A day to celebrate the margins of the page, the afterthoughts, and the ignored.
Today's holiday special: Footnote Fashion and Footnote Physics.
1. Ernest Hemingway's Footnote on Writing
2. J.R.R. Tolkien's Footnote on Middle-earth
See Footnote Celebrities for more information.
Q: What's the average number of footnotes in a typical academic paper? A: 3.4 (don't ask me, I'm a footnote)
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