Inventor and statesman Benjamin Franklin achieved folk hero status through his popular yearly publication 'Poor Richard's Almanack.' Each edition contained an eclectic assortment of items, including all but which of these?

Published for 25 years in the mid-18th century, 'Poor Richard's Almanack' enjoyed a wide circulation through the colonies (approximately 10,000 copies each year). Every issue had something for just about everyone: serial "news" stories, astrological information, math puzzles, etc. But the publication is probably best known for the pithy aphorisms Franklin peppered throughout the pages, such as this classic: Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.

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