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TIL Diophantus of Alexandria, a mathematician from the 3rd century, came up with many mathematical equations that took a long time to solve. The last one, Fermat's Last Theorem, was first stated in 1637 and was proved in 1995 by British mathematician Andrew Wiles.
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TIL Amedeo Avogadro's contribution to chemistry, known as Avogadro's law, did not initially receive much attention when he published his paper in 1811. It was only a century later that his work was recognized, when the King of Italy attended a meeting commemorating the paper's 100th anniversary.
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