First de Rham cohomology of the two-sphere ($H_{\mathrm{dR}}^1(S^2)=0$)

A closed differential form of degree one on the two-sphere has primitives on its north-punctured and south-punctured charts by the Poincare lemma. The overlap is connected, so their difference is constant. Adjust one constant and glue the primitives. Thus every closed one-form is an exact differential form, proving the first de Rham cohomology vanishes.