tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-13:52751 Don't mourn, organize Redbird 2022-09-17T22:54:56Z tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-13:52751:3014587 2022-09-17T22:54:56Z 2022-09-17T22:54:56Z amused public 2 What is almost certainly the <a href="https://twitter.com/garius/status/1570771789827166208">longest footnote in history</a>: 173 pages about Hadrian's wall, going into detail to prove that it is in fact Hadrian's wall, not Severus'. <br /><br />The author made it a footnote because he considered it off topic for the detailed history of Northumberland he was writing, but wanted to get it into print before he died.<br /><br />(via <span style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='https://andrewducker.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://andrewducker.dreamwidth.org/'><b>andrewducker</b></a></span>)<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=redbird&ditemid=3014587" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments