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The Explosive Story of a Very Bungled Stunt in The Italian Job
An Aston Martin DB4, a cliff, and some explosives made for a stunt gone very wrong.
By Matthew Field
Little ephemera from filming
The Italian Job survived production. But an original, leather-bound copy of the script belonging to a crewmember revealed a tantalizing mystery. Hidden inside the script’s pages was a folded wire message that simply read: “Peter confirms Aston should go straight over cliff without teetering Michael Deeley.”
Did Ben Franklin s Famous Kite Experiment Actually Happen?
By Daniel Leonard/Dec. 29, 2020 2:26 pm EDT
If you re an American, you no doubt learned about Benjamin Franklin s kite experiment at some point during your education. You know the basics already: Scientist-statesman Ben Franklin tied a key to the end of a kite string, took the kite out during a thunderstorm, and waited for lightning to strike. When it did, Franklin was able to prove that lightning is a form of electricity.
Franklin s experiment is a source of pride for many Americans, especially when so many of history s great experiments are attributed to Europeans. But did Franklin s kite experiment ever really happen? Or is it just another one of the myths we re raised to believe about our nation s Founding Fathers?