Don’t try this at home. . . or ANYWHERE for that matter!
July 15, 2024 by Laura Heilenman Email This Post
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We have all heard various versions of, “Kids, Don’t try this at home!”, including in 1966 when Batman and Robin (Adam West and Burt Ward) told us, “Remember kids, Batman can’t fly.”
Perhaps Ben Franklin should have penned “Don’t try this at home. . . or anywhere” shortly after he successfully completed his famous lightning/kite experiment. If he had thought this through, we may never have had his follow-up letter describing copycat deaths printed in…
THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OR UNIVERSAL MAGAZINE, September 1790.
Thankfully he survived his own efforts in 1752.
So, just in case you missed the memo, remember kids, Batman can’t fly… or catch lightning, and neither can you!
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