Comments on: 9 Things You Didn’t Know About Benjamin Franklin http://www.neatorama.com/2008/06/20/9-things-you-didnt-know-about-benjamin-franklin/ The Neat Side of the Web Mon, 01 Dec 2008 18:52:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: roger http://www.neatorama.com/2008/06/20/9-things-you-didnt-know-about-benjamin-franklin/#comment-622810 roger Sun, 22 Jun 2008 19:03:20 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=16914#comment-622810 He was also an adept amateur mathematician, who created the magic circle (variation on the magic square): http://www.pasles.org/circle.html He was also an adept amateur mathematician, who created the magic circle (variation on the magic square):

http://www.pasles.org/circle.html

]]> By: Thomas http://www.neatorama.com/2008/06/20/9-things-you-didnt-know-about-benjamin-franklin/#comment-622776 Thomas Sun, 22 Jun 2008 17:16:32 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=16914#comment-622776 My favorite aphorism is a ripoff of "might makes right." He wrote, "Force shites on reason." My favorite aphorism is a ripoff of “might makes right.” He wrote, “Force shites on reason.”

]]> By: Lasse http://www.neatorama.com/2008/06/20/9-things-you-didnt-know-about-benjamin-franklin/#comment-622698 Lasse Sun, 22 Jun 2008 13:37:54 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=16914#comment-622698 He also enjoyed nude "air baths". He also enjoyed nude “air baths”.

]]> By: JC http://www.neatorama.com/2008/06/20/9-things-you-didnt-know-about-benjamin-franklin/#comment-621627 JC Sat, 21 Jun 2008 19:43:56 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=16914#comment-621627 Yeah, Hellfire rules. Yeah, Hellfire rules.

]]> By: Alecks http://www.neatorama.com/2008/06/20/9-things-you-didnt-know-about-benjamin-franklin/#comment-621541 Alecks Sat, 21 Jun 2008 16:14:03 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=16914#comment-621541 He also did not actually ever conduct the "kite attached to a key in a thunderstorm" experiment, and did not write many of the aphorisms in the Poor Richard's Almanac, but lifted them from other writers of the time, sometimes leaving them as is, sometimes making them more memorable by giving them coarseness or succinctness. And this is totally unverified, but he attended meetings of a friend's "Hellfire Club," where they participated in orgies. yeah. He also did not actually ever conduct the “kite attached to a key in a thunderstorm” experiment, and did not write many of the aphorisms in the Poor Richard’s Almanac, but lifted them from other writers of the time, sometimes leaving them as is, sometimes making them more memorable by giving them coarseness or succinctness.

And this is totally unverified, but he attended meetings of a friend’s “Hellfire Club,” where they participated in orgies.

yeah.

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