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Headline: This Day in History: Benjamin Franklin Flies a Kite During Thunderstorm

Caption: June 10, 1752. Decades before signing the Declaration of Independence, Franklin spent nearly ten years conducting electricity experiments. While flying his kite in the storm, the U.S. Founding Father was able to collect an ambient electrical charge in a leyden jar.

Keywords: Benjamin Franklin,History,Kite,During,Thunderstorm,Declaration of Independence,Spent,Ten Years,Leyden Jar,Ambient,Electrical,Charge,Science,Lighting Rod,Experiment,American Revolution,Age of Enlightenment

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