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Ben Franklin invented the lightning rod in 1752. Franklin was in Philadelphia to conduct an experiment about his theory on electricity and used a metal key attached to a kite to attract an electrical charge from a thunderstorm. The experiment was successful, proving that lightning was a form of electricity.
