An actor playing Benjamin Franklin opted to issue a different command to NASCAR's Cup Series drivers ahead of Sunday's race ...

Sometimes history can become distorted in the retelling ... so let's have another look at the real truth around Benjamin ...

Benjamin Franklin was responsible for many inventions in his lifetime, and this was a practical one ...

Silence Dogood. Richard Saunders. Benevolus. Sidi Mehemet Ibrahim. All were pen names that allowed Franklin to say things he ...

The glass harmonica’s bad reputation was entirely undeserved, though.

Jean-Antoine Houdon’s terracotta bust of the polymath captures his likeness faithfully, giving a full sense of his energy, ...

Quote of the day by Benjamin Franklin focuses on the importance of learning, knowledge and personal growth. The quote, “We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid,” explains how ...

Michael Douglas is dusting off a powdered wig to take on the role of one of America's founding fathers, Benjamin Franklin. In a first look at the upcoming Apple TV+ limited series, Franklin, Douglas ...

“The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin” appeared posthumously in 1791 and has “brought affliction to millions of boys since, whose fathers had read Franklin’s pernicious biography.” Or so said Mark ...

On this day in history, June 10, 1752, Benjamin Franklin reportedly flew a kite during a thunderstorm, with the goal of collecting ambient electrical charge in a Leyden jar — a container that could ...