Everyone remembers the story of Benjamin Franklin lightning experiment. Although he wasn't the first and only scientist to do so, he went down in history as the man who did--your elementary school teacher made sure of that. This urban legend begs the question, will man's ego ever be satisfied? Apparently, being a founding father, renowned polymath, author, printer, political theorist, politician, freemason, postmaster, scientist, inventor, civic activist, statesman, and diplomat weren't wasn't  enough.