Benjamin Franklin’s Google Search History from June, 1752

Portrait of man dressed as Benjamin Franklin with key and a kite.
Photograph from Getty

June 7th, 10:32 A.M. “Cheap kite for sale”

June 7th, 5:00 P.M. “Kite-flying instructions for someone who never flew kite before”

June 7th, 5:38 P.M. “Simple guide to kite flying”

June 7th, 5:41 P.M. “Really really really easy step-by-step children guide to flying kite”

June 7th, 5:50 P.M. “Kite broken? What do now”

June 7th, 6:15 P.M. “Cheap kite for sale”

June 7th, 8:30 P.M. “Cool kite tricks to impress women”

June 8th, 1:00 A.M. “How to convince wife u are not cheating”

June 8th, 1:15 A.M. “Taverns open near me”

June 8th, 11:28 A.M. “Big zap in sky what that?”

June 8th, 11:40 A.M. “What happen if attach metal key to kite? Death?”

June 9th, 12:00 P.M. “Weather guide next storm when?”

June 9th, 12:15 P.M. “Could lightning strike generate energy?”

June 9th, 12:15 P.M. “Could lightning strike give man superpowers?”

June 9th, 12:17 P.M. “Could lightning strike make man very handsome?”

June 9th, 3:00 P.M. “How many affairs is normal to have?”

June 9th, 1:00 A.M. “Why it is actually not bad to have ten or eleven affairs”

June 10th, 6:30 P.M. “How to do experiment”

June 10th, 6:35 P.M. “Need key now where key?”

June 10th, 7:30 P.M. “Flying kite then big hurt on hand anyone die from this?”

June 10th, 9:20 P.M. “What to do if u think u invented something”

June 11th, 12:40 A.M. “Taverns open near me”

June 11th, 10:23 A.M. “Gift ideas for wife that u cheated on”

June 12th, 3:34 P.M. “Cool clubs inventors only”

June 12th, 5:12 P.M. “How to seem humble at parties when u are genius inventor”

June 12th, 8:00 P.M. “Need to get people to read electricity pamphlet how?”

June 12th, 9:00 P.M. “Ideas for designing pamphlet”

June 13th, 1:30 A.M. “Boob pamphlet?”

June 13th, 9:25 A.M. “What to do when wife find boob pamphlet”

June 13th, 11:40 A.M. “Best parchment for invention announcements and written apologies”

June 13th, 6:27 P.M. “Apology not accepted, what do now?”

June 13th, 10:35 P.M. “Do women like man who is Postmaster General?”

June 13th, 10:36 P.M. “Do women like man who writes almanac?”

June 13th, 10:37 P.M. “Do women like man who cheats sometimes?”

June 13th, 11:57 P.M. “Taverns open near me”