Kites were first seen in America in the mid-1700s, according to history. Benjamin Franklin, one of America's founding fathers, famously flew a kite during a thunderstorm in 1752 to demonstrate an experiment about electricity and nature. This is the first documented kite flight in American history, and Franklin demonstrated that lightning carries electricity. He would later invent the lightning rod as a result of this experiment. What a fascinating fact about kites—it aided one of the world's best inventors in making a fascinating discovery.
Related Facts
Did you Know? In 1990's Korean Music incorporated American Popular Music Styles.
The first passengers in a hot air balloon were a sheep, a duck, and a rooster.
Fun Fact! The UAE is home to the world's largest picture frame!
Fun Fact! There Is a Place Called "Batman"
Alexander the Great was accidently buried alive.
Fun Fact! The Nazis considered using potato beetles to attack England.
Did you Know? The most expensive coffee is made from cat poop,
Fun Fact! Ten Communities in Scandinavia Have the Shortest City Names
Fun Fact! There is Life beneath the ocean bed
Fun Fact! Nearly half the zippers worldwide are made in Japan
Fun Fact! The first astronomers to track Jupiter were Babylonians
Sony inadvertently sold 700,000 camcorders that could see through people's clothing in 1998.
Nobody knows where "The Midnight Kiss" or New Year's eve came from.
Fun Fact! Spartans were so wealthy that no one needed to work.
Fun Fact! Malaysia has the world’s largest cave chamber
Queen's shoes are broken in by a special servant.
Fun Fact! Spartan women controlled the majority of the land and riches in the city-state.
Fun Fact! The majority of what Thomas Edison patented was not invented by him.
Fun Fact! Myanmar celebrates water festival
Fun Fact! In Italy, Red Wine Flows From a Fountain
Fun Fact! New York speaks more than 800 languages.
The construction of Barcelona's Sagrada Familia is taking longer than that of the Pyramids.
Fun Fact! Algeria is the largest African nation
Fun Fact! Moldova is home to Europe’s most unlikely tourist attraction
Did you Know? The McDonald's in Kyiv is one of the most popular McDonald's restaurants in the world.