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FUN FACTS

Popular to contrary belief, Newton was never actually hit in the head with an apple making him think of the Law of Universal Gravitation.

http://www.uni-bielefeld.de/Universitaet/Einrichtungen/Zentrale%20Institute/IWT/FWG/Simulation/Comic.gif

In 1690, Newton had a nervous breakdown from years of working long hours and enduring too much stress.
In 1703, Newton Became the first person to receive a knighthood for a scientific achievement.
When Newton first entered College, he had the intentions of becoming a minister.
Newton was the first person to understand the rainbow, and he proved that while light was made up of colors mixed together, and a prism could be used to separate them.
Newton made the reflection telescope much smaller (see picture below), and still today the most powerful telescopes continue to use reflecting dishes according to Newton 's principle.
Newton was born on Christmas Day,1642, the same year the Gallileo died.
Newton died in 1727, at the age of 84. He was buried in Westminster Abbey.

AND now for a bad joke:

When asked why the chicken crossed the road, Newton answered: Chickens at rest tend to stay at rest, chickens in motion tend to cross roads. (http://www.workjoke.com/projoke25.htm)

http://chemistry.mtu.edu/~pcharles/SCIHISTORY/Newton.html