In science 'fact' can only mean 'confirmed to such a degree that it would be perverse to withhold provisional assent.' I suppose that apples might start to rise tomorrow but the possibility does not merit equal time in physics classrooms.
It's like it's kind of like if you ever had a car and it was a bit of a clunker but you love it that's my show. It's a bit of a clunker but I know where everything is and I like it.
