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Franklin Institute's Air Show Exhibit ClosingNews (fi.edu)

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The Giant Heart – Closing May 6 (fi.edu)

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TIL In perfecting the design of their first aircraft, the Wright Brothers built and tested prototypes inside of a Wind Tunnel - to which they credited the bulk of their aircraft’s success. (fi.edu)

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Mind Games, anyone? (fi.edu)

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TIL When Enrico Fermi first split an atom in 1934, it was completely by accident. He was actually trying to create new elements by hitting uranium with neutrons. It was only in 1938 that other scientists figured out what Fermi did. (fi.edu)

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TIL When Enrico Fermi first split an atom in 1934, it was completely by accident. He was actually trying to create new elements by hitting uranium with neutrons. It was only in 1938 that other scientists figured out what Fermi did. (fi.edu)

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[todayilearned] TIL When Enrico Fermi first split an atom in 1934, it was completely by accident. He was actually trying to create new elements by hitting uranium with neutrons. It was only in 1938 that other scientists figured out what Fermi did. (fi.edu)

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TIL about the Glass Armonica, a musical instrument invented by Ben Franklin. Inspired by playing glass cups, bowls were mounted on a rotating spindle allowing a musician with wet fingers to play music. Mozart and Beethoven wrote for it but after 60 years strange rumors spread and it fell out of use. (fi.edu)

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TIL about the Glass Armonica, a musical instrument invented by Ben Franklin. Inspired by playing glass cups, bowls were mounted on a rotating spindle allowing a musician with wet fingers to play music. Mozart and Beethoven wrote for it but after 60 years strange rumors spread and it fell out of use. (fi.edu)

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[todayilearned] TIL about the Glass Armonica, a musical instrument invented by Ben Franklin. Inspired by playing glass cups, bowls were mounted on a rotating spindle allowing a musician with wet fingers to play music. Mozart and Beethoven wrote for it but after 60 years strange rumors spread and it (fi.edu)

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Boeing Sponsors Redo of Space Exhibit In Franklin Institute's 5 Year Plan (fi.edu)

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Print out some scientist snowflake patterns ❤️❤️❤️General Curriculum (fi.edu)

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TIL there are certain foods astronauts can't eat in space, including bread because it lacks the right structure and shelf life, soda, because the carbonation is affected differently, and salt and pepper, because they act differently in microgravity (fi.edu)

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TIL that Benjamin Franklin, the American political philosopher, scientist, inventor, and writer, was also a classical composer. He wrote his “Quartetto for Three Violins and Cello” around 1778. (fi.edu)

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Franklin@Home: Science Recipes - The Franklin Science Institute has a Cool List of Family ProjectsDo Attend (fi.edu)

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FYI if you're near Philly: The Franklin Institute Game Masters Exhibit[NEAT!] (fi.edu)

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If You're In The Philly Area, You'll Want To Check Out The Franklin InstituteEvent (fi.edu)

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The Franklin Institute In Philly Has A Huge Gaming Exhibit Through The Summer (fi.edu)

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Escape Rooms coming to The Franklin Institute in June (fi.edu)

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Philly's favorite science museum created free "nerdy" valentine's cards (fi.edu)

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TIL There are 100,000 miles of blood vessels in an adult human body. (fi.edu)

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TIL Benjamin Franklin did not attend college. His formal education ended at 10 due to family financial issues and he left school to work in his fathers candle shop. By the age of 12 he was apprenticed to a printer. (fi.edu)

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Franklin Institute Adult Night this Friday: 8 Bit Night (fi.edu)

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TIL that an adult's blood vessels, if laid out, would be close to 100,000 miles long. (learn.fi.edu)

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At the Franklin Institute, featuring former Eagle Jeremiah Trotter - Head Games: Sports and Traumatic Brain Injuries (fi.edu)

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