Benjamin Franklin

PEOPLE

Today, Benjamin Franklin is commended for his efforts to abolish slavery—but few know that for years, he benefitted from this brutal institution.

PEOPLE

"Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of."—Benjamin Franklin Few of the American Founding Fathers were as accomplished as Benjamin Franklin. Though he was never...

THINGS

Life is random. Keep up with life and bite into this mixed salad of 42 randomly fun facts about anything and everything. Strange Facts 42. Double, Double As if begging sports pundits the world over to make “doubles”...

INSTANT

Life is random. Keep up with life and bite into this mixed salad of 42 randomly fun facts about anything and everything. 42. Double, Double As if begging sports pundits the world over to make “doubles” puns, tennis...



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