At least, that was what lawyers from the UK argued during a debate at Philadelphia's Ben Franklin Hall.

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Philadelphia, thanks to Ben Franklin, was the home of America's first hospital, later America's first medical school and first nursing school.

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On July 2, 1962, Sam Walton -- who'd previously operated a Ben Franklin variety store and his own Walton's Five and Dime -- opened the first Walmart (then "Wal-Mart") in Rogers, Arkansas.

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In 1971 a Merc member who had had a bad day sold his seat for a Ben Franklin note, a transaction that took place alongside a urinal in the trading floor men's room.

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