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Ken Burns’s two-part, four-hour documentary, "Benjamin Franklin," explores the revolutionary life of one of the18th century's most consequential and compelling personalities, whose work and words unlocked the mystery of electricity and helped create the United States.

Benjamin Franklin helps craft the Declaration of Independence and wins French support.
In 1765, England found a new way to raise money from the American colonies: The Stamp Act.
A month after the end of the battle, Franklin finally got the news from Yorktown.
Corporate funding for BENJAMIN FRANKLIN was provided by Bank of America. Major funding was provided by David M. Rubenstein. Major funding was also provided by The Pew Charitable Trusts, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and by The Better Angels Society and its members Jeannie and Jonathan Lavine; University of Pennsylvania; Gilchrist and Amy Berg; Perry and Donna Golkin; Kissick Family Foundation; Deborah and Jon Dawson; Diane and Hal Brierley; McCloskey Family Charitable Trust; Cappy and Janie McGarr; Lavender Butterfly Fund; and Susan and Charles Shanor Charitable Trust.
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What did life look like when the Amazon watershed flowed backwards?
Did you know the evolution of the butthole was a major breakthrough in animal development?
Learn about the complicated the history of mammals and their disappearance.
Gravitational tsunamis exist and we’re on the verge of being able to detect them.
Will we ever become a Kardeshev Type-1 civilization and how can we get there?