Happy Birthday, Benjamin Franklin

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Benjamin Franklin

The Father of Life Hacks was born 300 years ago today in Boston, Mass. As a writer, inventor, politician, postmaster, latter-day abolitionist, smartass, horndog, and paradox, he is, among his countrymen, without peer.

Tricorns are doffed to Ben – and to the tireless wit and ingenuity he taught a snot-nosed republic how to flaunt.

Was Benjamin Franklin really that...

Was Benjamin Franklin really that great? Interesting article here: http://www.americanheritage.com/people/articles/web/20060117-benjamin-franklin-founding-fathers-poor-richard-aphorisms-electricity-kite-constitution-france-philadelphia.shtml