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jan 17 Learn More Benjamin Franklin Born


Alice Addertongue was born on this day in 1706. You probably know her better as politician, author, inventor, diplomat, printer, scientist, activist, kite flyer, and all-around cool guy Benjamin Franklin. Addertongue was just one of numerous pseudonyms that Franklin used; in this case, it was the nom de plume he assumed to write a scathing gossip column for his own newspaper, the Pennsylvania Gazette.

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