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Examples of "Folk Theoremsfolk theorems"

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Examples of "Folk Theorems"

In this post, Justin gives a quote about Raoul Bott that has this line in it:

He talked about 'folk' theorems... theorems everyone knew, but were never written down.

What are some good/interesting examples of these types of theorems?