A terrible storm is raging. Thunder
claps anq !9htning flashes. A man
js running 世rough the rain, holding a
kjte wtnh a metal key attached to ones
end- Sugddenly a bolt of lightning strikes
near te Kite, and Benjamin Franklin
discovers aleGtrfleity
Born 症 1706, Benjam和mm Franklin
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wor aroundg 片mm and apply hs genius
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約oye, for exam5le, ed to his invenmting
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讓vem4/ons Cafe from everyday
pro5lemS. For example, as the first
US postmaster, he jnvented a simple
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of mail delivertes。 Franktnm aso wadq
terrible_eyesigmt and needed guasses
to see both mear and tar ooiects. We
grew tired 9f switching 9tasses, SO
cut both lenses im natt_ and pi tuerw
together. The top part ot ttue Venws Was
for distance, wtile te oottorw Gouw Ge
used for reacimg@,
Franklin's works reveat ts we WasSs 3
a rmanm Qf mamy talemts anmq woooVeS.VWw
1733, he publisthed ths tarnous,almaleea
whileh_includedq recupes, Weatwer
predictions, amd lermty @t acviee. WawY
quotes frorm te atatiaeiere GoQWGWGW %
expressionms toqay. 証atW to ooew, eatW
to rise, makes a rmman WeaWwY, WeaWYW,
and wise,” is one ctasstc Gexarwole,。
