Urysohn Lemma
If X is a normal space and A,B⊆X are disjoint and both closed, and if [a,b]⊆R, then exists a continuous function f:X→[a,b] with f(A)={a} and f(B)={b}.
Basically if X is normal and A,B are disjoint and closed, then they can be separated by a continuous function.