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The whisper at the bottom of the page where authors hide their best jokes.
originExploded in popularity once printing made precise pages possible
david wallaceInfinite Jest has 388 endnotes, some pages long
legal weaponFootnote 4 of a 1938 case reshaped US law
symbolThe dagger sign came from marking the dead
academic dreadOften where scholars quietly bury inconvenient truths