From the Nov-Dec, 2014, Wayne County Public Library.
Reading was the key to his success as he only went to school for two years.
A man playing him appeared at the library in Goldsboro, N.C., on November 20th.
Among the famous things Ben Franklin did:
* Founded the first subscription library in this country
* Signed the declaration of Independence
* Charted the Gulf Stream
* Helped win the American Revolution
* Invented bifocal glasses
* Founded the University of Pennsylvania
Among the crazy things he did:
* Flew a kite in a thunderstorm
* Only went to school for two years
* Wanted the national bird to be a turkey
* Invented the rocking chair
* Had the first bathtub in the country
* Had a state named after him which has since disappeared
Now, You Know. --Cooter
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