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 * He was born January 17, 1706 to Josiah Franklin and Abiah Folger, Ben was Josiah's fifthtenth child.
 * The place of his birth was Milk Street, Boston.
 * His mother wanted him to attend school with the clergy.
 * Due to financial problems, Ben could continue schooling only for two years.[[image:bifocals.jpg width="257" height="115" align="right" caption="1st set of bifocals"]]
 * He attended Boston Latin School.
 * He did not graduate.
 * He was the first person to discover daylight savings
 * 1st person to discover bifoca
 * 1st person to discover lightning rod
 * 1st person to discover catheter
 * 1st person to discover Franklin Stove[[image:benstove.jpg width="194" height="146" align="right" caption="Franklin Stove"]]
 * He discover the Odometer
 * As a young child Ben Wrote his name in a fancy manner
 * Ben could remember 13 childern sitting at the dinner table
 * Ben F asl made ballods
 * when ben was 16 he conducted a experimented with vegetarianism to save money to buy more books