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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]].

ButContrary heto wascommon belief, he ''notwas'' a 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.