The world’s largest ball of twine is in Kansas.| US State Facts #Shorts

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00:00Did you know that the world's largest ball of twine is located in Kansas?

00:04That's right, and it weighs nearly 20,000 pounds.

00:08Back in 1951, a man named Frank Stober began wrapping twine around a baseball bat and a tire iron.

00:16He did this every day for the next 35 years, adding 12 to 18 layers of twine per day.

00:23The ball just kept growing and growing until it was so big that it couldn't be moved.

00:27So, in 1986, Frank had the idea to put the ball on display at a local gas station.

00:34And that's where it remains to this day.

00:36The ball of twine has become such a popular tourist attraction that there's a gift shop and a cafe nearby.

00:43And people come from all over the world to see it.

00:46I mean, how could you not?

00:48It's almost like a giant, a giant ball of yarn.

00:51It just, it makes you want to knit.

00:53Now, you might be wondering, why didn't Frank just use a bigger ball to begin with?

00:59Or why didn't he use a machine to wrap the twine around the ball?

01:04Well, to answer that question, we went straight to the source.

01:07We traveled to Kansas and we bought one of the twines that Frank used to make the ball.

01:12And let me tell you, it's really tough to wrap this thing around anything.

01:15It takes two people just to get it off the ground, so I can only imagine what it would have been like for Frank to do it all by hand.

01:23The man was a legend.

01:25And here's another fun fact about the ball of twine.

01:29Every year, the local high school students come and they try to break it into pieces.

01:34They bring hammers and saws and everything they can find to try to destroy the ball, but it's never been able to be broken.

01:41It's just too strong.

01:42So if you're ever near Kansas, I highly recommend checking out the world's largest ball of twine.

01:49You can take a picture with it, touch it, maybe even try to break it.

01:53Who knows?

01:54You might just be the one to do it.

01:57That's all for now.

01:58See you next time.

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