Michael Douglas revealed why it was important for him to portray founding father Benjamin Franklin farting in Apple TV+'s new ...

In February 1774, Benjamin wrote that he hoped to ... From the outset, his father hinted otherwise. Franklin never said his son was sick, but that he “had not recovered sufficient Strength.” ...

This plain suit would have created a stark contrast between Franklin and those in the elaborate dress typical of the opulent ...

Staring out from the $100 bill, looking more like a wise old uncle than Founding Father, Benjamin Franklin seems an easy guy to like. And if anyone belongs on U.S. currency it's this colonial ...

Like his father, William had his own son out of wedlock, William Temple Franklin. Unlike Benjamin, William did not raise Temple. Unaware of his paternity, Temple grew up with a foster family in ...

Benjamin Franklin died on April 17, 1790. He penned the inscription that would eventually appear at his Christ Church ...

Over 250 years ago, Benjamin Franklin strung together a handful of ... think of saving as well as getting," the Founding Father wrote. "A man may, if he knows not how to save as he gets, keep ...

Benjamin Franklin was sustained by just this kind ... Franklin gathered about 100 aphorisms and wove them into the speech of “Father Abraham” (“a plain clean old man, with white locks”).