A man who lives on hope dies farting.
— Benjamin Franklin Early Modern

Electricity experiments, founding father

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From 'Poor Richard's Almanack'

Date / Period

1736

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Strange & Unusual

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https://www.loc.gov/exhibits/franklin/franklin-humor.html

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