curprev18:0118:01, 15 February 2024 Ajrocketalkcontribs 48,186 bytes−327 See justification in Talk page; the detail of the apple hitting his head was a later jocular embellishment; the story is only that he SAW an apple fall; also deleting the source cited that promulgates this false story.undo
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curprev21:3421:34, 11 February 2024 JMFtalkcontribs 48,513 bytes+2 →top: invented or exaggerated (per citation " Unfortunately, like so many tempting tales, this one is not quite true." and Gribbin & Gribbin who say he made it up 50 years later).undo
curprev10:2010:20, 25 December 2023 Roboneil39abctalkcontribs m46,253 bytes0 →Clones: The MIT article referenced cited the year of graduation of Ed Vetter as 1942, this was cited as the year the tree was planted. But the article states "he left office as undersecretary of the U.S. Commerce Department in 1977. He presented the young plant to MIT that same year." Also changed the paragraph to keep it chronologically ordered.undo
curprev04:5004:50, 17 July 2023 Lingvulotalkcontribs 46,009 bytes+15 →Clones: The source cites an Atlas Obscura article, but that article actually places it at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, not at Peace Arch Park in Washingtonundo
