Did Ben Franklin discover electricity? Nope!
The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show
iHeartPodcasts
4.5 • 11.4K Ratings
🗓️ 1 September 2023
⏱️ 12 minutes
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He gets credit for it, but Ben Franklin was not the first guy to discover electricity. It goes back thousands of years. But how was it used? We tapped into those jolts for everything from feeling better to feeling REALLY good. It's a shocking story!
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| 0:00.0 | Here's a little quiz for you. |
| 0:01.6 | Was it Ben Franklin who discovered electricity? |
| 0:04.7 | Nope. |
| 0:05.4 | Before him, we were using electricity for thousands of years, |
| 0:09.2 | including strapping on a battery-powered belt |
| 0:12.2 | almost 200 years ago, which made folks feel really, really good. |
| 0:18.0 | I'm Patty Steele. That shocking backstory is next. |
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| 0:34.8 | guests like Martha Stewart. |
| 0:36.8 | I did have an affair with one of his best friends. |
| 0:39.2 | Jimmy Fallon. |
| 0:40.2 | Do you want to sit tonight over your dad while he gets attacked by alligators and Paul McCartney |
| 0:44.3 | John and I hitchhiked to Paris we've saved you a seat Ruthies table four listen to |
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