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@@ -245,3 +245,23 @@ Emoji:
 :exclamation: Use emoji icons to enhance text. :+1:  Look up emoji codes at [emoji-cheat-sheet.com](http://emoji-cheat-sheet.com/)
 
     Markup : Code appears between colons :EMOJICODE:
+    
+Footnotes: 
+
+[^1]: My reference.
+[^2]: To add line breaks within a footnote, prefix new lines with 2 spaces.
+  This is a second line.
+  
+   ```
+ Markup: 
+  Here is a simple footnote[^1].
+
+A footnote can also have multiple lines[^2].
+
+[^1]: My reference.
+[^2]: To add line breaks within a footnote, prefix new lines with 2 spaces.
+  This is a second line.
+ ```
+ Here is a simple footnote[^1].
+
+A footnote can also have multiple lines[^2].