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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.
Franklin’s musical invention, the armonica, became a sensation in Europe.
Enslaved Philadelphia residents worked in businesses and homes, including Franklin’s.
Episodes presented in 4K UHD on supported devices. 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.
The mystery of what non-flying dinosaurs were doing with their feathered wings has a new hypothesis.
It's possible that an event horizon is forming right behind and you won't know until its too late.
What did ancient people once know about these bizarre megafauna that we’ve since forgotten?
I tried to improve pykrete for months, then tossed it off a building.
Are there no alien signals to find... or do we need to update how we search for them?
5,700 years ago, woolly mammoths crossed a remote tundra island off Alaska.