stackyFACTSIn the academic world, procrastinating can literally cost you the discovery of the air we breathe. A brilliant chemist managed to isolate pure oxygen gas but waited so long to actually publish his findings that another scientist independently discovered it, published first, and effortlessly stole all the historical glory.
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