throughout your life, you probably never thought much about the purpose of margin lines on your writing paper. they’re obviously there to help keep your writing neat, right? margin lines were originally added to paper not to keep your writing neat, but to protect it from rats. rats love to eat around the edges of paper, apparently. so as long as you keep your writing within the margins, all your hard work will be safe from these little fiends!
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i loved to doodle in the margins of my paper when bored in class.
anyone else make use of them?
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“i love the broad margin to my life. ”
-henry thoreau
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source credit: historymates.com