(Photo: Larry Hogan)When Ben Franklin learned that lightning consists of electricity, h...  ...ryland was built in 1797. Before he died in 1790, Franklin drew detailed plans for how his lightning rod was...  ...he preservation of the dome of the State House to Franklin 's work:T...

Tonight is the night we set our clocks forward one...  ...lso people who think we should use it year-round. Benjamin Franklin is credited with the idea way back in 1784, but m...  ...rsquo;t at all serious about it.French ambassador Franklin flashed his legendary wit with a letter to the Jo...  ...ely the same r...

Benjamin Franklin has gone from sainted Founding Father to controve...  ...uperstar thanks in part to the Isaacson biography Benjamin Franklin : An American Life, but how much of this informati...  ...wait until you read the 10 Most Outrageous Things Benjamin Franklin Ever Did.B...

Olly Moss's brilliantly funny cartoon refere...  ...Olly Moss's brilliantly funny cartoon references Benjamin Franklin 's 1754 drawing calling for American unity. The Vo...

(Video Link) Have you ever been offered a lot...  ...t I mean. No, you don't? Well, that was one of Benjamin Franklin 's 220 euphemisms for being drunk. He published a...  ...he comedy team I Made America playing the role of Benjamin Franklin . It's one of many videos by the troupe about six...

The familiar pictures of Founding Father Ben Franklin is still there, but there are a lot of new high-t...

Listen to French artist Thomas Bloch demonstrating...  ...nica, at the Paris Music Museum. From Wikipedia: Benjamin Franklin invented a radically new arrangement of the glass...  ...dmund Delaval at Cambridge in England in 1758.[6] Franklin , who called his invention the "armonica" after th...  ...e in early 176...