Mammoth Tales: Ben Franklin

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Saturday, June 15, 2013

Ben's Kite

On this day in 1752, Ben Franklin decided to fly a kite...

His complete letter, as first published, is here.

Me and my mammoths

My name is John J. McKay. I write this stuff. I'm also writing a book about early discoveries of mammoth bones and carcasses and how Enlightenment thinkers figured out what they were. I use this blog to try out ideas share science news and trivia and ramble on about whatever seems appropriate at the moment. I discovered mammoths at the age of five when I found a small green mammoth among the dinosaurs in a set of plastic prehistoric animals. Fifty-three years later, the dinosaurs are all gone but I still have the mammoth.

If you have any questions or comments that you don't want to share with the world, you can write to me at mammothtales at gmail dot com.