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title: ""Benjamin Franklin was many things."
date: 2024-05-13
source: twitter
tweet_id: "1790157535187705873"
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# "Benjamin Franklin was many things.

*May 13, 2024 · Twitter/X*

\"Benjamin Franklin was many things.\
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Publisher. Politician. Fart Connoisseur.\
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He was also a futurist.\
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For example, Franklin once mused wistfully of his desire to be preserved in a cask of wine, so that he might someday be revived in the far future\...\"\
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