just bullshit
...lin, along with 16 brothers and sisters, grew up in Boston, Massachusetts before moving to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was born to a Mr. and Mrs. Franklin on January the 17th of 1706. He was the youngest son out of all of his brothers and only had 2 younger sisters. He was actually the 3rd generation of youngest sons in his family. Josiah Franklin, Benjamin's father, was a poor soap and candle maker. His mother, Abiah Franklin, was Josiah's second wife. She was the one who took care of Benjamin Franklin and his brothers and sisters. Benjamin Franklin's childhood was way above the standards of the average young man around his time. He went to church every sunday just like everyone else did. But he was also very fond of water. He liked to fish, swim, and canoe a lot. "He would later invent a paddle to increase his swimming and canoing speed."(EBSCO) Franklin is famous for his experiments with electricity, including his discovery, by the extremely dangerous experiment of flying a kite during a lightning storm, that lightning was similar in nature (though vastly more powerful) to sparks of static electricity. His inventions include the Franklin stove ...