If you ask someone today to name the builder of Hadrian's Wall, they would give you a funny look. But historical memory is odd, and right up to the 1800s we forgot who built it. Until in 1840 John Hodgson, an obscure Northumbrian clergyman, published the LONGEST footnote in history... 1/22

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How could they not know who built it, it's literally called Hadrian's Wall.

This is one of my fave stories of all time.

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I'm enjoying the implication that the footnote took up exactly 22 posts

I'd say "Hadrian.".

Proud Northumbrian here. Thank you so much for that. Made my day.

Disappointed to find it wasn’t Hadrian

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