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    World Cleverest Man Refuses $1 Million Prize for Solving 100 Yr Old Math Problem.

    A Russian said to be the world's cleverest man has turned down a $1 million prize for solving one of mathematics' toughest puzzles. The Poincare Conjecture was more than 100 years old when Perelman solved it - and could help determine the shape of the universe.

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