14 Facts About Benjamin Franklin | America's Most Eccentric Founding Father

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  • Benjamin Franklin was one of America's founding fathers as well as a scientist, statesman, author, printer, activist, postmaster, and diplomat. He is renowned for his discoveries and theories on electricity and is credited with inventing swimming fins, bifocals, the lightning rod, a flexible catheter, and many other inventions we use today.
    Franklin was born in 1706, and was a middle child. His parents, who were soap and candle makers, could not afford to send him to school longer than two years so, by the age of 10, young Benjamin began working alongside his father. By the age of 12, he had became his brother James's apprentice at a printing shop. Franklin did not let his lack of access to a formal education prevent him from becoming one of America's most influential and famous figures.
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  • @WeirdHistory
    @WeirdHistory  Před 4 lety +484

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      @emilyharkness9685 Před 4 lety +11

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      @ajamesarellano Před 4 lety +17

      Weird History
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  • @Big_E_Soul_Fragment
    @Big_E_Soul_Fragment Před 4 lety +1895

    Imagine if the internet existed back when Ben Franklin was still alive. That dude would be a major internet troll

    • @bobross8786
      @bobross8786 Před 4 lety +132

      If he'd lived long enough he'd probably invent the internet

    • @SherryPM72
      @SherryPM72 Před 4 lety +80

      He would be a 4chan god. He would be ripping on everyone.

    • @polo44799
      @polo44799 Před 4 lety +70

      So basically Benjamin was Elon musk of the 1600s

    • @bowlofsoup12
      @bowlofsoup12 Před 4 lety +16

      Polodingding try the bill gates of 1600s.

    • @artistwithouttalent
      @artistwithouttalent Před 4 lety +51

      @@bowlofsoup12 I'd say more Nikola Tesla. Gates and Musk were financiers who stumbled on the future; Tesla invented his stuff.

  • @alexpollock6932
    @alexpollock6932 Před 4 lety +926

    Anyone else think that Ben Franklin chasing a tornado on a horse sounds badass?

  • @TrialzGTAS
    @TrialzGTAS Před 4 lety +623

    Ben Franklin is easily one of the most interesting people ever

    • @BradWatsonMiami
      @BradWatsonMiami Před 3 lety +6

      Benjamin Franklin used the scientific method to prove reincarnation which he discreetly believed in. Abraham Lincoln as a boy in Indiana had a copy of Franklin's 'Autobiography' that he read so much, he had it memorized.
      Did you read 7seals.blogspot.com ? Only the returned Christ, Franklin, Lincoln and Albert Einstein reincarnated could produce that.

    • @sabriyawalden1111
      @sabriyawalden1111 Před 3 lety +5

      Yes we’re all slaves to him , no
      Matter race

    • @not2k
      @not2k Před 3 lety +6

      I’m closely related to him weirdly

    • @samhowl1152
      @samhowl1152 Před 3 lety +2

      @@not2k sure you are

    • @defeatignorance8681
      @defeatignorance8681 Před 2 lety +6

      Indeed. The man was brilliant and had an excellent sense of humor. It amazes me that most people these days won't listen to anything you have to say unless you have a degree from a university in your field, yet the most intelligent and genius minds of history often had no degrees or education from university.

  • @ThatPlasticOne
    @ThatPlasticOne Před 4 lety +560

    I finally understand why they put him in Tony Hawks Underground 2 as a secret skater

    • @austint19
      @austint19 Před 4 lety +14

      PlasticCookie Yes!! Iconic game.

    • @mxylpx
      @mxylpx Před 4 lety +9

      Relax this has been misconstrued over the centuries as he meant it only a satire on how the French would be loathed to get out of bed early!

    • @BradWatsonMiami
      @BradWatsonMiami Před 3 lety +1

      Benjamin Franklin used the scientific method to prove reincarnation which he discreetly believed in. Abraham Lincoln as a boy in Indiana had a copy of Franklin's 'Autobiography' that he read so much, he had it memorized.
      Did you read 7seals.blogspot.com ? Only the returned Christ, Franklin, Lincoln and Albert Einstein reincarnated could produce that.

    • @musoehcr
      @musoehcr Před 3 lety

      One of t favorite childhood games I forgot about until today 🤯

    • @ariejohnson1944
      @ariejohnson1944 Před 3 lety

      czcams.com/video/_ER8a44uQwc/video.html

  • @TheRealGuywithoutaMustache
    @TheRealGuywithoutaMustache Před 4 lety +273

    Benjamin Franklin was an extremely intelligent man, he was ahead of his time

    • @BradWatsonMiami
      @BradWatsonMiami Před 3 lety +2

      Benjamin Franklin used the scientific method to prove reincarnation which he discreetly believed in. Abraham Lincoln as a boy in Indiana had a copy of Franklin's 'Autobiography' that he read so much, he had it memorized.
      Did you read 7seals.blogspot.com ? Only the returned Christ, Franklin, Lincoln and Albert Einstein reincarnated could produce that.

    • @georginahuitron4800
      @georginahuitron4800 Před 2 lety

      Yup

  • @vittxrio5198
    @vittxrio5198 Před 4 lety +702

    Just a reminder that even in his 70's, the great Benjamin Franklin still charming ladies like a peacock in his prime!

  • @MrsMuera
    @MrsMuera Před 3 lety +223

    "He almost killed himself cooking a turkey." Same, Frank. SAME!

    • @benfrank9962
      @benfrank9962 Před 3 lety +4

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      @alfonsomunoz4424 Před 3 lety +1

      Lol! Stay safe Vanessa!

    • @jackiec498
      @jackiec498 Před 3 lety +1

      Dang! Take it easy miss...no need to hurt yourself. I mean, I'd 🔥 yr 🦃 for u if yr ever having difficulty in the future.
      Like, honestly.

    • @jackiec498
      @jackiec498 Před 3 lety +2

      Best.
      Pick-up.
      Line.
      Ever.

    • @paulwilkinson4073
      @paulwilkinson4073 Před 3 lety +1

      @@jackiec498 no

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    @mzgigglez1992 Před 4 lety +484

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      @WeirdHistory  Před 4 lety +36

      Look up at the pinned comment

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      @Dr.LessCharacter Před 3 lety +2

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      @timjohnson1199 Před 3 lety +2

      We are living weird history.

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      @luciezak3671 Před 3 lety +1

      Hes doing them Sunday, Wednesday and Friday now to help with quarantine. Woohoo!

  • @ashleighsalinas8526
    @ashleighsalinas8526 Před rokem +30

    I've always loved Ben Franklin since learning about him in elementary school. He seems like a really cool eccentric dude who was laid back and wasn't afraid to live life to the fullest.

  • @zach7193
    @zach7193 Před 4 lety +311

    Man, he was interesting. He was ahead of his time. Learned more about him by watching Liberty's Kids and was played by Walter Cronkite. He was like Tom Skilling. He was a great man. He was the most interesting man in the world.

    • @WatchMaiiVidz
      @WatchMaiiVidz Před 4 lety +5

      Try checking out John Adams on HBO. Another wonderful portrayal.

    • @jessicae2222
      @jessicae2222 Před 4 lety +13

      Aaawwww I miss watching my childhood shows 😄

    • @AwesomeChickk101
      @AwesomeChickk101 Před 4 lety +18

      I watched Liberty Kids too!

    • @marquisdelafayette1929
      @marquisdelafayette1929 Před 4 lety +9

      WatchMaiiVidz yeah but I’m not in that one lol but there is another show called TURN: Washington’s Spies that mentions him and use his inventions and show when they occupied his home. But the show is mainly about the Culper ring and show soldiers fighting, starving and freezing during winter with their wives and children, etc basically more of an average persons in the war vs the top people.

    • @fallonfireblade4404
      @fallonfireblade4404 Před 4 lety +5

      Man Liberty's Kids was a good show. I miss that from my childhood.

  • @MarloSoBalJr
    @MarloSoBalJr Před 4 lety +154

    Ben Franklin: A genius inventor and ultimate mack daddy of the 18th century. 100 dollar Bill's has more meaning to us Americans

    • @BradWatsonMiami
      @BradWatsonMiami Před 3 lety +6

      18th century/1700s. Benjamin Franklin used the scientific method to prove reincarnation which he discreetly believed in. Abraham Lincoln as a boy in Indiana had a copy of Franklin's 'Autobiography' that he read so much, he had it memorized.
      Did you read 7seals.blogspot.com ? Only the returned Christ, Franklin, Lincoln and Albert Einstein reincarnated could produce that.

    • @joyrider8882
      @joyrider8882 Před 3 lety +1

      What about the Franklin half dollar. 1948-1963.

    • @BradWatsonMiami
      @BradWatsonMiami Před 3 lety

      @@joyrider8882: Lincoln & Franklin both look to their left on the coins because they sit at the right hand of GOD. Since the US Mint eliminated any bill higher that a $100, Lincoln is on the 'alpha' and Franklin the 'omega'.
      penny=74=P16+E5+N14+N14+Y25
      hundred=74=H8+U21+N14+D4+R18+E5+D4
      GOD=7_4, 7/4=July 4th or 7 April 30 AD: GOOD Friday(74) when Jesus(74) was nailed on(74) the Cross(74).
      Did you read 7seals.blogspot.com ?

  • @josensation
    @josensation Před 3 lety +41

    He definitely deserves to be the 100 dollar bill.

  • @jakethasnake3524
    @jakethasnake3524 Před 4 lety +437

    "He had several mistresses over the years and many thots" 5:30

  • @TheRealGuywithoutaMustache
    @TheRealGuywithoutaMustache Před 4 lety +247

    The only thing I wasn’t a fan of was his idea of Daylight Saving Time, it worked back then, but it barely makes a difference now

    • @TheGuardianZX
      @TheGuardianZX Před 4 lety +6

      Oh my lord.. you again..

    • @johnyurick8785
      @johnyurick8785 Před 4 lety +27

      Just Some Guy without a Mustache ..........yes but even Ben couldn’t tell what would be 230 yrs into the future ⏱📀

    • @dimebagdarrel4874
      @dimebagdarrel4874 Před 4 lety +8

      I hate all these slave owners fuck em, and fuck anyone who thinks they were good people

    • @alanl9497
      @alanl9497 Před 4 lety +2

      Just Some Guy without a Mustache
      Why did they even propose Daylight Savings Time in the first place?

    • @johnyurick8785
      @johnyurick8785 Před 4 lety +14

      Alan L ......it was for more daylight for farming 🤓

  • @xiejin8038
    @xiejin8038 Před 4 lety +123

    I like him, he’s a cool guy. I appreciate you doing so much research on everything, it really helps. Thank you.

    • @BradWatsonMiami
      @BradWatsonMiami Před 3 lety +1

      Benjamin Franklin used the scientific method to prove reincarnation which he discreetly believed in. Abraham Lincoln as a boy in Indiana had a copy of Franklin's 'Autobiography' that he read so much, he had it memorized.
      Did you read 7seals.blogspot.com ? Only the returned Christ, Franklin, Lincoln and Albert Einstein reincarnated could produce that.

  • @SaiyaMan2011
    @SaiyaMan2011 Před 4 lety +73

    Coined the phrase “batshit crazy,” too.

  • @MultiKwolf
    @MultiKwolf Před 4 lety +284

    Teacher: "You wont amount to anything without formal education"
    Benjamin Franklin: Hold my beer.

    • @dcasper8514
      @dcasper8514 Před 3 lety +12

      Same remark was said to Thomas Edison.

    • @macaryl95
      @macaryl95 Před 3 lety +14

      *hold my key

    • @timjohnson1199
      @timjohnson1199 Před 3 lety +8

      Your education starts AFTER you get away from idiot intellectuals.

    • @LadyCoyKoi
      @LadyCoyKoi Před rokem

      Can't be a doctor without a doctorates degree. No intelligent person would go under a knife of some home-boy who only saw one CZcams video on open heart surgery. But keep trashing formal education. 🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @FadelessChill
      @FadelessChill Před rokem +3

      Leonardo Da Vinci

  • @Hanharrftw
    @Hanharrftw Před 4 lety +25

    A guy chasing after a tornado is kinda how I imagined the first observation.
    I never would have guessed it was Ben Franklin. What a badass.

  • @TheSleepyTrain
    @TheSleepyTrain Před 4 lety +199

    Pronounced Schuylkill River correctly. This mans done his research.

    • @veteransfortrump8916
      @veteransfortrump8916 Před 3 lety +4

      It runs along the Surekill Expressway in Philly.My Grandfather's Uncle was a firefighter at the 2nd street firehouse in the 1900's, the same firehouse founded by Ben Franklin and my Grandfather was Baptized at Christ Church where Franklin was laid to rest.

    • @BaggythePanther
      @BaggythePanther Před 3 lety +1

      I was so impressed!

    • @BaggythePanther
      @BaggythePanther Před 3 lety +1

      @@veteransfortrump8916 Wow, it’s been years since I’ve heard it referred to as the Surekill expressway.

    • @veteransfortrump8916
      @veteransfortrump8916 Před 3 lety +2

      Miss the the Philly of 30 years ago. Let's go Flyers.

    • @BradWatsonMiami
      @BradWatsonMiami Před 3 lety +1

      Benjamin Franklin used the scientific method to prove reincarnation which he discreetly believed in. Abraham Lincoln as a boy in Indiana had a copy of Franklin's 'Autobiography' that he read so much, he had it memorized.
      Did you read 7seals.blogspot.com ? Only the returned Christ, Franklin, Lincoln and Albert Einstein reincarnated could produce that.

  • @bluejedi723
    @bluejedi723 Před 4 lety +72

    Love for you guys to cover the Great Pig War of 1859. That one time the UK the US and Canada got into a 3 way fist fight over a pig. Its full of weird crazy goodness.

    • @kaydeleon1554
      @kaydeleon1554 Před 3 lety +9

      Ok this needs to happen as I've never heard of it until this comment!

    • @bluejedi723
      @bluejedi723 Před 3 lety +5

      @@kaydeleon1554 www.nps.gov/sajh/learn/historyculture/the-pig-war.htm

  • @monaso9
    @monaso9 Před 4 lety +32

    We need more people like him

  • @olbradley
    @olbradley Před 4 lety +139

    You don't get to be a well recognized inventor who made several different everyday things including key discoveries about electricity and _not_ be a bit of a quirky weirdo.

    • @BradWatsonMiami
      @BradWatsonMiami Před 3 lety +1

      Benjamin Franklin used the scientific method to prove reincarnation which he discreetly believed in. Abraham Lincoln as a boy in Indiana had a copy of Franklin's 'Autobiography' that he read so much, he had it memorized.
      Did you read 7seals.blogspot.com ? Only the returned Christ, Franklin, Lincoln and Albert Einstein reincarnated could produce that.

    • @damnmuggle
      @damnmuggle Před 3 lety +2

      @@BradWatsonMiami no one believes you

  • @uriahturd9695
    @uriahturd9695 Před 4 lety +133

    Ben Franklin was a rebel indeed, he liked to get naked while he smoked on the weed!

    • @sunwupen5264
      @sunwupen5264 Před 4 lety +17

      He was a genius, but of he was here today, the government would fuck him up his righteous A.
      Tragic, really.

    • @Trafficcoordinator
      @Trafficcoordinator Před 4 lety +8

      Who doesn't. I'm naked burning a fatty right now

    • @BradWatsonMiami
      @BradWatsonMiami Před 3 lety +1

      Benjamin Franklin used the scientific method to prove reincarnation which he discreetly believed in. Abraham Lincoln as a boy in Indiana had a copy of Franklin's 'Autobiography' that he read so much, he had it memorized.
      Did you read 7seals.blogspot.com ? Only the returned Christ, Franklin, Lincoln and Albert Einstein reincarnated could produce that.

    • @uriahturd9695
      @uriahturd9695 Před 3 lety +1

      @@BradWatsonMiami I didn't see you returning in the clouds... I read a little, but it seems a little too fantastic. I may finish reading your essay out of curiosity but I don't think the Bible promotes the form of "reincarnation" that you're talking about, so how can you use a source that contradicts your premise? There's a 2nd coming of Christ, not a 3rd 4th 5th etc. I have a feeling that you're either a troll or a megalomaniac. Not trying to attack you, just criticism. I'll pray for you

    • @BradWatsonMiami
      @BradWatsonMiami Před 3 lety

      @@uriahturd9695 A guy named 'uriah turd' rudely judged me, therefore...
      BY the power(77) vested in me by GOD as the reincarnated Christ(77=C3+H8+R18+I9+S19+ T20), I hereby rule that 12.26.20 is your Judgment Day: you FAIL.
      Sentence: Really awful luck for the rest of your life, then your eternal soul won't be reincarnated as human for 17,400 years with 474 years incommutable. When you're born-again as human, it'll be under really hellish circumstances.
      Note: You can repent...

      c.c. 7seals.yuku.com

  • @sicily7220
    @sicily7220 Před 4 lety +97

    There has been a couple of states never realized that wanted to be called Franklin. Northern California as late as the 2000s there was talk of the northern counties leaving California to form a new state called Franklin, before Utah, Arizona, New Mexico, and Colorado became states there was state proposed in the center of them to be called Franklin, and Eastern Tennessee wanted to leave the rest of the Tennessee (closest of becoming reality) early 1800s? that wanted to be called Franklin. TODAY, you can drive through eastern part of the state Tennessee and find the "State of Franklin" Banks.

    • @dianelove8147
      @dianelove8147 Před 4 lety +6

      Here in Northern California, we wanted to split off from SoCal and be called JEFFERSON, not Franklin.

    • @eyeofbast
      @eyeofbast Před 4 lety +3

      Ehhh. No. It’s always been proposed as Jefferson as far back as the 1970’s.

    • @mxylpx
      @mxylpx Před 4 lety +2

      It was the then territory of Tennesse that opted for Franklin, but then reneged to the Indian name of Tennessee.

    • @sicily7220
      @sicily7220 Před 4 lety +2

      @@dianelove8147 Sorry. It was stuck in my head Franklin...I am not sure why.

    • @ButtonsCasey
      @ButtonsCasey Před 4 lety +2

      @@dianelove8147 And you're still connected. Howdy my Northern neighbor! :)

  • @RolandBishop1671
    @RolandBishop1671 Před 3 lety +17

    "Benjamin loves the ladies, and the ladies love Benjamin..." - Benjamin Franklin xxx 😂😂😂

    • @benfrank9962
      @benfrank9962 Před 3 lety +1

      Stay strong and be safe out there!! 💰 czcams.com/video/gUv43aiUPyY/video.html

  • @richmackin
    @richmackin Před 4 lety +124

    "Some KEY discoveries about electricity..." I see what you did there.

    • @Wangdoodle444
      @Wangdoodle444 Před 3 lety +1

      This isn’t what he even said.......

    • @richmackin
      @richmackin Před 3 lety +1

      @@Wangdoodle444 The pun stands if my recall was not spot on. Sorry to ruin your day.

    • @shubhamchavan4704
      @shubhamchavan4704 Před 3 lety

      @@richmackin what was the pun though? Sorry i didnt get the joke

    • @richmackin
      @richmackin Před 3 lety +1

      @@shubhamchavan4704 Franklin tied a key to a kite string to attract lightning.

    • @shubhamchavan4704
      @shubhamchavan4704 Před 3 lety

      @@richmackin oh yeah i forget that
      Good pun though

  • @redzeppelin6
    @redzeppelin6 Před 3 lety +16

    "There never was a good war or a bad peace.” - Benjamin Franklin. Also Benjamin Franklin "lol farts" What a great man.

  • @carbunkle9902
    @carbunkle9902 Před 3 lety +30

    How Ben discovered electricity:
    One day he asked his wife for sex.
    She told him to go fly a kite.

  • @brigatit5000
    @brigatit5000 Před 4 lety +14

    You guys have most certainly become my favorite history related content creators. Keep up the good work, everybody

  • @thaliabotha9
    @thaliabotha9 Před 4 lety +31

    This guy is the bomb!

    • @prestonsmith9824
      @prestonsmith9824 Před 2 lety

      Hello Thaila! How are you doing? I hope you are fine and staying safe?

  • @kvernon1
    @kvernon1 Před 4 lety +9

    The more I learn about Ben Franklin, the more convinced I am that he was one of (if not the MOST) unusual person from the annals of American history!

  • @brianbeltran7337
    @brianbeltran7337 Před 4 lety +61

    He is in the NBA, MLB, NFL and NHL Hall of Fame also.

  • @92bagder
    @92bagder Před 4 lety +27

    Ben Franklin was an indentured servant to his brother. After being mistreated he ran away this made him get blacklisted and homeless settling in Philadelphia

    • @davidvincent6149
      @davidvincent6149 Před 4 lety +9

      @Kristie C He was an indentured servant to his brother. His brother beat him and he fled Boston. Franklin was basically a runaway slave.

    • @semaj_5022
      @semaj_5022 Před 4 lety

      @@mr.harper4028 what are you even talking about? The only slaves Franklin owned were two men and he eventually freed them and joined an abolitionist group.

    • @mr.harper4028
      @mr.harper4028 Před 4 lety

      @@semaj_5022 Gawd I had the wrong guy...smh

  • @baronvg
    @baronvg Před 4 lety +9

    Growing up as a kid, all I ever associated Ben Franklin with was the kite experiment, being a founding father and being on the C note. But the more and more I learn about the man, the more I wish I knew him and what he’d be like had he lived in todays age lol

  • @JenniferMenendez522
    @JenniferMenendez522 Před 4 lety +27

    All I needed to know about Ben Franklin, I learned from The Office. (Season 3 Episode 15)
    "I don't care what Jim says. That, is not the real Ben Franklin. I am 99% sure." 🤣

    • @prestonsmith9824
      @prestonsmith9824 Před 2 lety

      Hello Jennifer! How are you doing? I hope you are fine and staying safe?

    • @pauldirc..
      @pauldirc.. Před 9 měsíci

      ​@@prestonsmith9824how are you

  • @screwthez9001
    @screwthez9001 Před 4 lety +48

    This is why America is the weirdest but coolest country in the world love it

  • @kirbymarchbarcena
    @kirbymarchbarcena Před 4 lety +37

    Ben really had a lot of "Firsts"

    • @MarloSoBalJr
      @MarloSoBalJr Před 4 lety +2

      The women he bedded would also say the same

  • @justsayin5609
    @justsayin5609 Před 2 lety +1

    I've watched several of your videos this morning with an appreciation for your dry sense of humour. Thanks.

  • @theconqueringram5295
    @theconqueringram5295 Před 4 lety +32

    I want to read Ben Franklin's essay on farts now.

    • @robinjohnson8149
      @robinjohnson8149 Před 4 lety

      I know so werid...just like Aleister Crowley's poem When Cecilia Farts. Werid.

    • @Thumbsupurbum
      @Thumbsupurbum Před 4 lety +3

      Here ya go, it's a short read. More of a letter than an essay, really : teachingamericanhistory.org/library/document/to-the-royal-academy-of-farting/

  • @UnchainedAmerica
    @UnchainedAmerica Před 4 lety +21

    Despite his pudgy appearance, he was a fitness fanatic. He would walk up and down his stairs every morning as a form of calestistics.

  • @jessicae2222
    @jessicae2222 Před 4 lety +54

    “If you’re starting to think now that he was a serial killer......you can relax now. He wasn’t 😐 @10:56 that made me crack up. I love your sense of humor 😂

    • @prestonsmith9824
      @prestonsmith9824 Před 2 lety +1

      Hello Jessica! How are you doing? I hope you are fine and staying safe?

    • @jessicae2222
      @jessicae2222 Před 2 lety

      @@prestonsmith9824 hi! I’m just taking it day by day. I hope you’re doing fine & staying safe as well :D

    • @prestonsmith9824
      @prestonsmith9824 Před 2 lety +1

      @@jessicae2222 Yes, I’m staying safe. Thanks for your polite response, where are you from? I hope you don’t mind me asking?

    • @jessicae2222
      @jessicae2222 Před 2 lety

      @@prestonsmith9824 from California

    • @prestonsmith9824
      @prestonsmith9824 Před 2 lety

      @@jessicae2222 Nice to know that, how is the weather condition in California today? What is the current time over there today

  • @yoyo0253
    @yoyo0253 Před 4 lety +25

    That’s how Benjamin Franklin is in $100 bill ....🤭

  • @peterloohunt
    @peterloohunt Před 4 lety +16

    Be great if you did a Tom Paine one! His life story is crazy!

  • @susanschneider8324
    @susanschneider8324 Před 3 lety +8

    When I was a child, I watched Bewitched on TV. Ben Franklin materialized by Aunt Clara because she needed an electrician. As funny as it may seem, I got interested in Ben Franklin due to that 2-part Ben Franklin episode !

    • @mimislattery2264
      @mimislattery2264 Před 3 lety +3

      Awwwww, love that story.....I was watching Bewitched a couple days ago....my role model as a kid 🙃

    • @prestonsmith9824
      @prestonsmith9824 Před 2 lety

      Hello Susan! How are you doing? I hope you are fine and staying safe?

  • @marcstevens8576
    @marcstevens8576 Před rokem +5

    Ben was A Genius for two reasons. First, He had enough intelligence to be one & second, He was a most curious person that would stop at nothing to keep his brain moving. Unlike Freud, Jung & Einstein, who came later, Ben was into as many topics as he possibly could be into. He discovered so many topics from astrology, printing &well, you know the rest. Point being is that he didn't need Japanese technology to do it all.

  • @PMW3
    @PMW3 Před 4 lety +18

    My favorite founding father

    • @huevoman8669
      @huevoman8669 Před 4 lety +3

      Government is slavery who believes in government believes in slavery the word government means to govern your mind

    • @winnerscreed6767
      @winnerscreed6767 Před 4 lety +2

      @@huevoman8669 let me guess you out there looting this past week and destroying other people's property, that they have worked hard for. And all you want to do is tear it down because you think the world is unfair to you. Guess what get rid of all your government protection and rights and someone can take you out and who would care.

    • @huevoman8669
      @huevoman8669 Před 4 lety

      @@winnerscreed6767 fuck no I haven't looted you crash test dummy you need mommy and daddy to keep you safe (government)

    • @timjohnson1199
      @timjohnson1199 Před 3 lety +1

      @@huevoman8669 I'm a happy wage slave.

    • @damnmuggle
      @damnmuggle Před 3 lety +2

      @@winnerscreed6767 did you go loot the capital?

  • @_justmatt_
    @_justmatt_ Před 4 lety +69

    My husband and I had our wedding at The Franklin Institute in Philadelphia 😀

  • @lucianaoliveira9441
    @lucianaoliveira9441 Před 4 lety +13

    Where should I click on to like it one hundred times?? Great job, guys!!!

    • @prestonsmith9824
      @prestonsmith9824 Před 2 lety

      Hi Luciana! How are you doing? I hope you are fine and staying safe?

  • @janayarroyo22
    @janayarroyo22 Před 4 lety +5

    Perfect Quarantine Episode 😁

  • @miketheyunggod2534
    @miketheyunggod2534 Před 3 lety +3

    This channel brings people to life like no other.

  • @NewMessage
    @NewMessage Před 4 lety +47

    Frankly, one of the most amazing Americans, ever.
    Well, Franklinly, anyway.

  • @familytreenutshistorygenealogy

    Franklin is quite possibly the most amazing person in history.

    • @D00Rb3LL
      @D00Rb3LL Před 11 měsíci

      He definitely belongs in that top tier of humanity, other people I think should be in that tier (off the top of my head) may be:
      Napoleon
      Alexander the Great
      Admiral Yi
      Alexander Hamilton
      Saladin
      Baybars
      Mozart
      Albert Einstein

  • @ivenorea
    @ivenorea Před rokem +5

    When we were tasked to do a presentation on a scientist/physicist in school I immediately thought of Ben Franklin and because I was already starting to learn about american History I was eager to learn more about his life as we were to present the Biography and things the person invented and found out so I made a little paper Kite and band a key to it as a practical display and explained how his famous lightning experiment worked.

  • @richardclingingsmith9822
    @richardclingingsmith9822 Před 3 lety +2

    Hello, I couldn’t write my book without you! My book was about Ben Franklin

  • @cricketpickett7296
    @cricketpickett7296 Před 4 lety +3

    This channel help keep us sane during Rona, Thanks

  • @dafttool
    @dafttool Před 4 lety +35

    You left out his alleged sex parties 🤷‍♂️

  • @cesaruribe2487
    @cesaruribe2487 Před 4 lety +8

    I honestly can’t really think of someone like him now. I mean they are great inventors and businesses men, but we have it so easy now. ( not saying I can do anything), but Ben not only invented things he never stopped helping make life easier for everyone.

  • @Traderjoe
    @Traderjoe Před 4 lety +2

    When he left his brothers newspaper and went to Philadelphia, he walked from Boston to Philadelphia through the woods. It took him a few days, but can you imagine doing that? Look at what they wore back then. In the woods was bears and wolves and native Americans who weren’t exactly that pleased with people like him. But he did it and was okay. People back then were a lot tougher than we are today.

  • @jesstwix5925
    @jesstwix5925 Před 4 lety +43

    Do Alexander Hamilton next. Our Hercules Mulligan

  • @janettelava7231
    @janettelava7231 Před 3 lety +7

    Franklin's brother, who owned the printing press, was violently abusive to Franklin and that was one of the reasons he left. Not publishing his column was just one more thing that made him leave.

    • @prestonsmith9824
      @prestonsmith9824 Před 2 lety +1

      Hello Janette! How are you doing? I hope you are fine and staying safe?

  • @treborironwolfe978
    @treborironwolfe978 Před 3 lety +5

    I cannot think of a single thing that I do not love about this man.

    • @D00Rb3LL
      @D00Rb3LL Před 11 měsíci

      He didn’t like indians.

  • @Auron12786
    @Auron12786 Před rokem +2

    That instrument of his actually sounds awesome

  • @lordofthehouseofstormcrows8615

    Benny was more important than we'll ever truly know. I've always said it, (imo) he was most popular American ever. Here in the states and abroad. If he had not gotten French support.... Well lets just say that tea and crumpets would mean more to all here. Great video.

  • @85dime8
    @85dime8 Před 4 lety +16

    If any of this sounds interesting, read his autobiography. Having his life explained through is own pen is amazing.

    • @loner1520
      @loner1520 Před rokem

      What's the name of his book?

    • @D00Rb3LL
      @D00Rb3LL Před 11 měsíci +1

      @@loner1520autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

    • @loner1520
      @loner1520 Před 11 měsíci

      @@D00Rb3LL thank you

  • @sardonicsnake11
    @sardonicsnake11 Před 3 lety +7

    "Everyone else ran away, but Ben chased after the Tornado on a horse and followed it into the woods"

    • @benfrank9962
      @benfrank9962 Před 3 lety

      Stay strong and be safe out there!!! ❤ czcams.com/video/gUv43aiUPyY/video.html

  • @Linda98671
    @Linda98671 Před 4 lety

    Thank you for this. Ben Franklin lived his life to the fullest. And he was SMART!!!!

  • @johnrobison4635
    @johnrobison4635 Před 4 lety +8

    We don’t have a current version of Ben Franklin. As a matter of course, I would tend to believe that we don’t really have any one with the problem solving thought process, coupled with the instinctive curiosity in this day and age to match Ben Franklin.

  • @artistwithouttalent
    @artistwithouttalent Před 4 lety +10

    10:19 Things went from 0 to 100 really freaking quick

  • @watchdealer11
    @watchdealer11 Před 4 lety +14

    I knew most of this stuff, but the catheters 😎 Franklin was more flexible than I thought

  • @kurlykaitlyn
    @kurlykaitlyn Před 4 lety +2

    Super cool! I love history and never realized how cool Franklin was aside from the silence letters. Now I want to read his auto biography

  • @KFrost-fx7dt
    @KFrost-fx7dt Před 2 lety +1

    Glass harmonicas were replaced by keyboards that could make a similar sound. They're still popular on digital keyboards. I love the sound.

  • @MaxwellAerialPhotography
    @MaxwellAerialPhotography Před 4 lety +20

    Ben Franklin’s thoughts on thots

  • @kada2741
    @kada2741 Před 4 lety +7

    Thank you for your frequent posts, gives me a lil life during lockdown

    • @prestonsmith9824
      @prestonsmith9824 Před 2 lety

      Hi Katherine! How are you doing? I hope you are fine and staying safe?

  • @danspring5612
    @danspring5612 Před 4 lety

    I swear I hope alot of kids watch this channel so much knowledge you put down on each subject

  • @AndresGarcia-vr6gd
    @AndresGarcia-vr6gd Před 3 lety +2

    Never knew he was such a badass! Thanks for this video!

  • @Artliker1234
    @Artliker1234 Před 4 lety +26

    Actual question for people at Weird History, you realize history isn’t just America and Europe during medieval/dark ages time.... go out venture into Africa-ottoman empire, Western Africa, the Congo, Australia etc

    • @kagekun7689
      @kagekun7689 Před 4 lety

      I think they've done that no?

    • @sliqvic
      @sliqvic Před 4 lety

      Thanks for commenting what I be thinking...

    • @theflaggedyoutuberii4311
      @theflaggedyoutuberii4311 Před 4 lety

      Their history is!

    • @zenoblues7787
      @zenoblues7787 Před 4 lety

      Most History channels have a tendency to do this, also most African history pre-scramble is largely lost due to the loss of ancient oral traditions. Which is honestly a shame because most archeological evidence indicates pre-scramble Africa was more technologically and culturally advanced than originally thought.

    • @cdoublejj
      @cdoublejj Před 4 lety

      @@zenoblues7787 what was the scramble?

  • @magicvampirelver1321
    @magicvampirelver1321 Před 4 lety +3

    Cool' I remember doing a report on him back in school lol

  • @juwelrana-rp3wn
    @juwelrana-rp3wn Před 3 lety +1

    I like the quotes made by Benjamin Franklin

  • @btetschner
    @btetschner Před 8 měsíci

    A+ video!
    Fascinating facts, what an interesting life he lived!

  • @LauraTenora
    @LauraTenora Před 4 lety +5

    Thanks for all the info and the excellent research! Was he actually mentioning germs back in the 18th century as the origin of diseases? Isn't Pasteur credited for that a hundred years later? I know of a couple of works by Mozart written for glass harmonica, but none by Beethoven (they were not really contemporaries.) Much later, though, Donizetti scored the Mad Scene of his opera 'Lucia di Lammermoor for glass harmonica to depict the character's lunacy, but nowadays it is unfortunately replaced by a flute.

    • @prestonsmith9824
      @prestonsmith9824 Před 2 lety

      Hello Laura! How are you doing? I hope you are fine and staying safe?

  • @michelleherbert3058
    @michelleherbert3058 Před 4 lety +3

    Never knew he could be so interesting.... Must have been real charmer 😚

  • @jeffersenpierrelouis7104

    WOW! Thank you for the video.

  • @woshibaba428
    @woshibaba428 Před 3 lety

    I'm in love with Benjamin Franklin

  • @theflaggedyoutuberii4311
    @theflaggedyoutuberii4311 Před 4 lety +15

    5:45 Why because hes a cougar lover!

    • @kingrichardiii6280
      @kingrichardiii6280 Před 3 lety

      I just imaging ben now as one of those guys who go to Miami to dance with all the retired ladies vacationing there.

  • @iambrian6601
    @iambrian6601 Před 4 lety +61

    The alphabet was probably his worst idea. 😂

    • @robinjohnson8149
      @robinjohnson8149 Před 4 lety

      I would like to hear how it sounds though.

    • @benlesher9794
      @benlesher9794 Před 3 lety +6

      Even his "bad ideas" were great. Don't forget that he also managed to found a nation while he was doing a thousand and one other things. If I were one tenth the man Franklin was, I'd be ten times the man I am today.

    • @dcasper8514
      @dcasper8514 Před 3 lety +1

      Ben Franklin didn't "invent" the alphabet.

    • @charliegarrison9688
      @charliegarrison9688 Před 3 lety +2

      No but he did make his own version, that's what he was saying

    • @iambrian6601
      @iambrian6601 Před 3 lety

      Ben Lesher I agree, he is a legend. Just goes to show.... even the most bad assery of people have bad ideas and it doesn’t have to define them

  • @ChristelVinot
    @ChristelVinot Před 3 lety +1

    you constantly use music I've played in some orchestra or somewhere in my past. And I like it.

  • @grisseldog
    @grisseldog Před rokem +1

    Very interesting

  • @Nikola95inYT
    @Nikola95inYT Před 4 lety +5

    *In case you wondering, what are those letters on notebook at **3:09*
    Homework.
    Fox and hare.
    Fox with her cubs lived in a forest. Fox went to hunt. Hare was relaxing under a bush. Fox noticed the hare. She chased him. The hare managed to escape from the fox.
    5 (grade)
    А у о ы и е ё э я ю
    The 11th of January.
    House. Smoke. Roof.
    Chimney. Fence.
    Backyard. Bush.
    Who loves you, little children?
    Dear mommy.

  • @spunkyman3512
    @spunkyman3512 Před 4 lety +7

    And by far the most important of his inventions. The wood stove. What a dude

    • @garbo8962
      @garbo8962 Před 2 lety +1

      Always heard he greatly improved the wood burning stove because he hated the cold. He refused to secure a patent in it. He did not want to profit on something that made people comfortable.

    • @garbo8962
      @garbo8962 Před 2 lety

      While in downtown Philly we would walk by his grave and throw pennies on it. Located around 4th st. & Race street and only a few blocks from the Ben Franklin bridge going over the Delaware river to New Jersey. As a kid we would spend all day at the Franklin Institue. Has a old steam train engine that moves several feet.

  • @smbake
    @smbake Před 4 lety +1

    Great stuff! New subscriber and since you asked....I would love to see one on Elbert Hubbard, who founded the Roycrofters, in my parents hometown of East Aurora, Ny. in the late 1800's. Would make for a great episode I think.

  • @jhu8754
    @jhu8754 Před 3 lety +1

    He dropped out of my Alma mater Boston Latin School, the oldest school in America for which Harvard University was originally founded one year later in 1636 to receive Boston Latin School’s first graduating class. We Boston Latin School alumni/alumnae, we always pride ourselves in having Benjamin Franklin as its famous dropout.

    • @benfrank9962
      @benfrank9962 Před 3 lety

      Stay strong and be safe out there!! 💰 czcams.com/video/gUv43aiUPyY/video.html

  • @eman2863
    @eman2863 Před 4 lety +17

    Fun fact - Franklin didn’t fly the kite in the lightning storm, it was actually his son.

    • @dianelove8147
      @dianelove8147 Před 4 lety +2

      And his son was in his 20s. Not a child.

    • @semaj_5022
      @semaj_5022 Před 4 lety

      I guess the story has more appeal with Ben himself being the protagonist

  • @bradfordbarrettluckotheIrish

    A genius for sure and eccentric. My ancestor on my Mom’s side/his mothers side, Abiah “Folger” of Nantucket.

  • @victoriamanley9961
    @victoriamanley9961 Před 3 lety

    Great. Thks

  • @johnasbury3856
    @johnasbury3856 Před 3 lety +1

    Imagine looking out your window and seeing a young Benny Franklin galloping a horse chasing after a tornado. Mind blown.

    • @benfrank9962
      @benfrank9962 Před 3 lety

      Stay strong and be safe out there!!! ❤ czcams.com/video/gUv43aiUPyY/video.html

    • @ruthiemay4799
      @ruthiemay4799 Před 3 lety

      Or passing by his house and see a naked man in the window.

  • @mwebb999
    @mwebb999 Před 4 lety +4

    There is no modern version of Ben Franklin. He invented many things for the pure joy of doing it.
    Today's great inventors make one thing, cash in and then focus on their business and making money - Sergei Brin, Bill Gates, Elon Musk.

  • @deutshsean8313
    @deutshsean8313 Před 4 lety +7

    When's his musical?

  • @EnligUlv
    @EnligUlv Před 3 lety +1

    Today we live in such a highly specialized world, that I’d find it impossible for anther human being to be such a fountainhead of ingenuity on all things like Franklin during his time.

    • @benfrank9962
      @benfrank9962 Před 3 lety

      Stay strong and be safe out there! 💰 czcams.com/video/gUv43aiUPyY/video.html

  • @ed6850
    @ed6850 Před 4 lety +2

    Can you please do a video about roger Williams or the pilgrims from plimoth plantation. That would be great. I love watching your channel. YOU MAKE LEARNING FUN. I love you guys. Thanks for what you do.