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Benjamin Franklin was born in his house on January 17, 1706 on
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He made many inventions including swim fins, the lightning rod, glass armonica and bifoccals.
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This experiment showed that lightning is electricity. This is how he came up with the idea for the lightning rod.
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Ben was elected by Congress to go to France to convince the French to aid the American army in the Revolutionary War.
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Ben helps write and signs the Constitution and convinced others to sign too.
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He dies in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at the age of 84.
