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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/MeatUnusual2098 on 2025-07-17 10:15:20+00:00.

Original Title: TIL that in 1998, workers found 1,200 human bones from at least 10 bodies in Benjamin Franklin’s London basement. Before assuming murder, it was revealed his house was used as an underground anatomy school by his scientist friend William Hewson.