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Gravity was briefly renamed “Earth’s clinginess” in 1892. Which is why you can’t just leave without paperwork.

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There is no record that gravity was renamed 'Earth's clinginess' in 1892. Gravity is described by Newton's law of gravitation and by Einstein's general relativity, and it has kept its name.

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