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Line 6: {{quote\|''"Remember that time is money."''}} '''Benjamin Franklin''' was a printer, author, scientist, musician, inventor, diplomat, ladies' man, revolutionary, and one of the coolest and most fascinating people in American History. Managed to make it onto the US hundred dollar bill without being President of the United States. Invented bifocal lenses, the Franklin stove, and the lightning rod, after proving that lightning was just electricity, not the wrath of an angry god. If you ever take a tour anywhere in Philadelphia's historical district, you will learn that he invented pretty much everything. Even [[The Internet]]. Contrary to common belief, he ''was'' president: Franklin held the positions of both President of Pennsylvania and president of the Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery during his life. And he did not write the Declaration of Independence (although he did edit it). And he didn't found the Ben Franklin dime store chain. Line 55: * [[What Might Have Been]]: [[George Washington]] tried to nominate him for first president, but basically every single other Founding Father unanimously agreed Washington should take the job. * [[White Anglo Saxon Protestant]] * [[~~Mustache~~Moustache Dede ~~Plume~~plume\|Womb Dede ~~Plume~~plume]]: His "Silence Dogood" widow persona, adopted for some of his earliest works because nobody would have paid attention to newspaper comments from a sixteen-year-old. {{featuredin}} Line 104: * [http://www.xkcd.com/567/ This] ''[[xkcd]]'' strip. * Ben Franklin's clone is [[The Adventures of Dr. McNinja\|Dr. McNinja's]] mentor. * [~~http~~https://~~picturesforsadchildren~~web.~~com~~archive.org/~~index~~web/20190814080210/http://www.~~php~~bolanet.top/?comicID=183 This] ''[[Pictures for Sad Children]]'', though his common-law wife, Deborah Read Franklin, died of a stroke while he was in ''England''. * His ghost is a major character in ''[[A Girl and Her Fed]]''. (He's close friends with an [[Mary Sue\|attention-deficit woman]] who [[Planet Eris\|sets people on fire, a cyborg fed, and a genetically-engineered koala supergenius]].) * The Transylvito Moneymancer in ''[[Erfworld]]'' is named Benjamin Franchise, and naturally has all of the signamancy of Ben Franklin. This incarnation also sports the addition of a gold chain with "100" as the symbol. Line 145: [[Category:Authors of Quote]] [[Category:Authors]] [[Category:American Authors]]