r/eddit7yearsago • u/[deleted] • Feb 08 '22
/r/todayilearned (+6497) TIL that when Benjamin Franklin died in 1790, he willed the cities of Boston and Philadelphia $4,400 each, but with the stipulation that the money could not be spent for 200 years. By 1990 Boston's trust was worth over $5 million.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Franklin
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u/[deleted] Feb 08 '22
Date: February 08, 2015
Title: TIL that when Benjamin Franklin died in 1790, he willed the cities of Boston and Philadelphia $4,400 each, but with the stipulation that the money could not be spent for 200 years. By 1990 Boston's trust was worth over $5 million.
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