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Newton's Piss vs. the Apple: Gravity Discovery

A meme featuring a historical portrait of Sir Isaac Newton, a prominent physicist known for discovering gravity. The image has two lines of text: the top text reads 'MF HAD SEEN HIS PISS GO DOWN EVERY TIME' and the bottom text reads 'BUT NEEDED AN APPLE TO NOTICE GRAVITY'. The joke humorously contrasts the everyday observation of urine falling (due to gravity) with the popular story of Newton discovering gravity after an apple fell on his head, implying he should have noticed gravity sooner from mundane experiences.
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MF HAD SEEN HIS PISS GO DOWN EVERY TIME BUT NEEDED AN APPLE TO NOTICE GRAVITY

Overview

A meme featuring a historical portrait of Sir Isaac Newton, a prominent physicist known for discovering gravity. The image has two lines of text: the top text reads 'MF HAD SEEN HIS PISS GO DOWN EVERY TIME' and the bottom text reads 'BUT NEEDED AN APPLE TO NOTICE GRAVITY'. The joke humorously contrasts the everyday observation of urine falling (due to gravity) with the popular story of Newton discovering gravity after an apple fell on his head, implying he should have noticed gravity sooner from mundane experiences.

Origin notes

The meme is sourced from Reddit, specifically the Meme community. It appears to be a user-created remix using a historical portrait of Isaac Newton with added humorous text to create a joke about the discovery of gravity. The watermark 'imgflip.com' suggests it was created or shared using the Imgflip meme generator.

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