Ben Franklin: Father of Electricity?
00:00 - 04:40
4m 40s
They bring in Ben Franklin and explain his key experiment: he didn't discover electricity through the experiment but proved that lightning is electricity. They also explained what a lightning rod actually does and gave some more examples of things Ben Franklin invented.
This clip contains profanity at the following moments: 04:06 - 04:07

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