Newton's Apple Redux - a photo on Flickriver

Spring is not only the beautiful season but also the silly season,
so here goes.
Since we have FAKE NEWS these days, I can't see why we shouldn't also have FAKE HISTORY.
Sir Isaac Newton is said to have come up with his Law of Universal Gravitation* from watching an apple drop from a tree. The apple story is NOT fake history; it is actually true!
The fake history part is that it dropped on his head.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Newton#Apple_incident

* en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newton%27s_law_of_universal_gravita...
Unfortunately, Newton's law itself was eventually shown to be
FAKE NEWS...by Albert Einstein. Ah me.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_relativity

MY ADDITION TO FAKE HISTORY is to tell you that after the apple fell, Newton watched it roll away and came up with his (three) Laws of Motion.**
**en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newton%27s_laws_of_motion
Unfortunately, Newton's Laws of Motion are also FAKE NEWS. They are, as the saying goes "close, but no cigar." Ah me.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newton%27s_laws_of_motion#Importanc...

Feel free to spread my fake history about Newton and the rolling apple.
I am tempted to write that the Newton apple story led to Jobs and Wozniak naming their company Apple Computer. However, that would be TOO MUCH FAKE HISTORY for one Flickr photo.
Location: Riehen BS Switzerland.
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Taken on: April 20, 2019

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