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Fascinating History: Ben Franklin’s Famous Electricity Experiment (10 June 1752) June 10, 2026
On 10 June 1752 Benjamin Franklin conducted his famous–and legendary–experiment on electricity during a thunderstorm. He was not trying to discover electricity but determine the connection between lightning and static electricity Franklin constructed a kite with a wire at the top to act as a lightning rod. The kite’s bottom used hemp string that once wetted […]
Fascinating History: The City that Sank-The Infamous Port Royal (7 June 1692) June 8, 2026
According to the Greek philosopher Plato, Atlantis was sunk as retribution by the gods. Today most historians and archaeologists consider Atlantis a myth (but likely based on the actual demise of the island of Thera and resultant decline of the Minoans), but the sinking of Port Royal into the Caribbean Sea is true. Port Royal […]

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