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TIL mathematician Bernhard Riemann Riemann laid the foundations of the mathematics of general relativity. He also refused to publish incomplete work, and after his death, his housekeeper discarded many unfinished papers. Due to this, some deep insights from him may have been lost forever.

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OKG4 TIL after winning the 1962 European Cup, Benfica coach Béla Guttmann asked for a pay rise. When denied, he allegedly cursed the club and said: “Not in a hundred years from now will Benfica ever win a European Cup”. They have since reached 8 European Cup finals and lost all of them.
R7r57 TIL of Janet Cooke, who won a Pulitzer Prize in 1981 for the story of a heroin-addicted four-year old. It was later discovered that the entire story was fabricated, and the award was rescinded.
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