#2820: Inspiration

XKCD comic, described below.
Transcript

[Cueball sits under a tree. An apple falls from the tree and hits him on the head, then arcs towards the ground.]

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[The view zooms out, showing the moon, which Cueball looks up at. The apple lies at Cueball’s feet.]

[Closeup on Cueball.]

Cueball: ...

Cueball: We should grow apples on the moon.


(Sourced from explainxkcd.com)

Title text:An apple fell on Isaac Newton's head and gave him the idea that the moon might be a tasty apple, though this turned out not to be true--the Apollo program eventually determined that it was just a desolate and bland Red Delicious.


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