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The Filthy Little Atheist … Founding Father
Posted by Daniele Bolelli on December 30, 2011 [ Site editor's note: The following is an excerpt from the new Disinformation title 50 Things You're Not Supposed To Know: Religion , authored by Daniele Bolelli. ] The story of his life is richer and weirder than any fiction.
We all remember Ben Franklin as a pretty bright guy who discovered some pretty important stuff. The real question is, what didn’t this polymath genius invent? Observing the wasteful use of firewood in inefficient colonial fireplaces, he designed the Franklin Stove, which used its iron body to diffuse a much larger proportion of the heat.
History of the U.S.: A Ridiculously Long and Incomplete List of Things Ben Franklin Invented