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Isaac Newton
[[A man sitting under a tree is hit in the head by a falling apple.]]
<<BONK>>
Newton: Ow!
[[Newton rubs his sore head.]]
Newton: Aha!
Lise Meitner
[[Someone throws a ball towards a woman, and it goes over her head.]]
Ball-thrower: Hey Lise, think fast!
<<CRASH>>
[[The ball has hit one of her porcelain model atoms, splitting it in half. Lise surveys the damage.]]
Lise: Oh no! My collection of porcelain atoms! --
...Hmm.
Charles Darwin
[[Charles Darwin and his wife are watching their four children drinking soda. Two drink through straws while two have beaks and are having trouble drinking.]]
Mrs. Darwin: I gave our kids soda, but the ones with beaks always have trouble drinking it.
Mr. Darwn: I've noticed that...
Albert Einstein
[[A train passes by in the background while Albert Einstein and another person look on from the foreground.]]
Einstein: I wish your twin brother would stop shining lights at us from that train. I can barely see my clock! -
...Wait!
{{Title text: Charles, I just talked to John and Mildred, who run that company selling seeds and nuts, and their kids with MOUTHS are starving!}}
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