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At the age of 11, Benjamin Franklin invented swim fins to help swimmers gain more thrust underwater.
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The Franklin Stove was a revolutionary fireplace that produced less smoke and was more efficient than traditional ones.
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The lightning rod protected buildings and the people inside them from getting struck by lightning during a storm.
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The flexible catheter was a much easier to use and less painful alternative to the metal tubes used before.
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The join or die political cartoon was the first American political cartoon created.
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The glass armonica was Benjamin Franklin's prized invention, a musical instrument which made notes using glass.
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Benjamin Franklin served as an editor for the Declaration of Independence, the document that separated the Colonists from the British.
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Bifocals are the combination of far and near sighted glasses made so that the wearer would not have to switch between pairs.
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The reaching device was made to allow reaching items in high places, such as tall bookshelves.
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Benjamin Franklin signed the Constitution, the document that established the basis of American government.
