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The Largest Ball of Twine Is a Joke That Stopped Being Funny Years Ago

The world's largest ball of twine is found in Cawker City, Kansas, and is one of the fun local attractions that locals always recommend seeing. Taller than a person, the story goes that someone decided they wanted to make a big ball of twine, and others found the idea funny and started contributing to the joke. Eventually, the entire community was in on it. While it would have undoubtedly been fun to have seen it when it was popular, nowadays, the ball of twine just feels like an old joke that won't stop being told.

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The ball has been around since the 1950s, for context to its age. The fact that it's still holding itself relatively well together is quite impressive, and the story behind it might be funny to some, but it's hardly worth the ten-minute detour unless you have some time to kill.