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"George Washington's cherry tree, Ben Franklin's kite fiasco and John Hancock's obnoxious John Hancock. As young Americans, our textbooks were filled with information about the founding fathers.\nBut as it turns out, there's a lot we weren't told about these patriotic pioneers. \nSee also: 44 Obscure Facts You Didn't Know About U.S. Presidents\nFor example, did you know that the founding fathers were drunk, basically all the time? Or that Ben Franklin wrote a scientific paper about farting? Bizarre, eccentric and constantly battling their crippling alcohol problems, the lives of the founding fathers were pretty weird.\nBelow, we've compiled ten of our favorite facts about these crazy people faced on all of our money.\n\n\n10 Patriotic Facts About the Founding Fathers\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSource\n\nImage: Mashable Illustration Max Knoblauch\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSource\n\nImage: Mashable Illustration Max Knoblauch\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSource\n\nImage: Mashable Illustration Max Knoblauch\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSource\n\nImage: Mashable Illustration Max Knoblauch\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSource\n\nImage: Mashable Illustration Max Knoblauch\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSource\n\nImage: Mashable Illustration Max Knoblauch\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSource\n\nImage: Mashable Illustration Max Knoblauch\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSource\n\nImage: Mashable Illustration Max Knoblauch\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSource\n\nImage: Mashable Illustration Max Knoblauch\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSource\n\nImage: Mashable Illustration Max Knoblauch\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHave something to add to this story? Share it in the comments."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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