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Ben Franklin is the most known person as one of the Founding Fathers of the USA. He was a stateman and signed the Declaration of Independence. He was a publisher of Poor Richard's Almanackand invented many things like spectacles. He discovered that lightning was electricity by flying a kite in a storm wih a key. This act has been duplicated without much success. He was a postmaster for Philadelphia and founded the first fire insurance company. He also had a career as scientist, inventor, printer, philosopher, musician and economist.

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