I have figured out how gravity works. The key components are weather and newspaper delivery. After extensive research and advanced mathematical formulas which are difficult to reproduce, and of course, now copyrighted, here is my theory . . .
newspaper atop the Trylon at 1939-40 New York World
When the weather is sunny, warm, pleasant, clear, or otherwise perfect, any newspaper delivery guy can toss a paper out of his car and it stops falling, landing on top of a mailbox, on top of a rock, or in a tree. Somehow it just never gravitates to the ground, where it should end up, given the generally accepted theory of gravity postulated by Sir Isaac Newton. Gravity just does not work with newspapers on such beautiful days.
In my research, I found an obscure reference about a newspaper perched on top of the Trylon at the 1939-40 New York World’s Fair. And that structure was approximately 700 feet tall!
Note that it was an incredibly clear day. I used Photoshop to enlarge the newspaper, because it was just a speck in the picture. Trust me, this is an actual photo.
When it’s raining, or during a heavy snowfall, Newton’s theory is good, but slightly flawed. A newspaper thrown from a moving vehicle on a bad weather day actually takes Newton’s theory one step further. It actually gravitates to the deepest depression in the vicinity, sucked down towards the earth’s center, seemingly trying to get to the core. Furthermore, it absorbs water at a rate 60-80 times its weight. (That’s the next research project.) Here’s an example -
newspaper in a puddle
My research began over 20 years ago, when I first tried to dry out a soaked Sunday edition of the NY Times. I’m not sure how long Newton took to formulate his theory, but he has received far more credit than he deserved.
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