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Darwin’s Ball of Twine

Francis A. Johnson rolled the ball from 1950 to 1979—29 years—four hours a day.

Aired 02/20/2020

Postcards

Darwin’s Ball of Twine

Clip: Season 11 Episode 1 | 8m 32sVideo has Closed Captions

Francis A. Johnson rolled the ball from 1950 to 1979—29 years—four hours a day.

Darwin, Minnesota is the home of the world’s largest ball of twine made by one man. Francis A. Johnson rolled the ball from 1950 to 1979, 29 years, four hours a day.

Aired 02/20/2020

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Production sponsorship is provided by contributions from the voters of Minnesota through a legislative appropriation from the Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund, Explore Alexandria Tourism, Shalom Hill Farm, Margaret A. Cargil Foundation, 96.7kram and viewers like you.

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Postcards is a local public television program presented by Pioneer PBS

Production sponsorship is provided by contributions from the voters of Minnesota through a legislative appropriation from the Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund, Explore Alexandria Tourism, Shalom Hill Farm, Margaret A. Cargil Foundation, 96.7kram and viewers like you.

Margaret A. Cargill96.7 KRAMWest Central Initiative
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