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AyEn TIL that mathematician Marina Ratner proved her most influential theorem after she turned 50, defying a common notion that only young mathematicians can do great work
4baX TIL Alan Turing, the father of the computer, ran a 2.46 marathon, only 11 minutes slower than that year’s olympic gold medal time
WOE8 TIL Max Planck’s wife and all four of their children died tragically. Their second son died in WWI, their daughter died during child birth, her twin sister married the widower and herself also died during child birth and the remaining son was executed for a failed assassination attempt on Hitler.