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Displaced Flames fan · 09-05-2009, 06:17 PM

I'll take Benjamin Franklin in the category of Inventor. He is a distant relative.

Ben Franklin invented bifocals, which I think is pretty significant. He started the first newspaper in the US, the first fire department, was a diplomat, involved in the Continental Congress and fathered dozens of illegitimate children.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_franklin

09-05-2009, 06:17 PM	#282
Displaced Flames fan Franchise Player Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Kalispell, Montana Exp:	I'll take Benjamin Franklin in the category of Inventor. He is a distant relative. Ben Franklin invented bifocals, which I think is pretty significant. He started the first newspaper in the US, the first fire department, was a diplomat, involved in the Continental Congress and fathered dozens of illegitimate children. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_franklin __________________ I am in love with Montana. For other states I have admiration, respect, recognition, even some affection, but with Montana it is love." - John Steinbeck Last edited by Displaced Flames fan; 09-06-2009 at 11:40 AM.