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23rd December 1750: Ben Franklin accidentally shocks himself while trying to electrocute a turkey

  • 23rd December 2020
  • Tagged as: America, Benjamin Franklin, Electricity, Experimentation, Science, Turkey
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Benjamin Franklin, the American polymath, accidentally electrocuted himself while attempting to kill a turkey.

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