Couple spends 28.5 years repainting baseball, now 119" circumference
Mike and Glenda Carmichael of Alexandria, Indiana have spent the past 28.5 years painting and repainting an ordinary baseball. The ball now weighs 1,700lbs, measures 119" around, and sports 19,100 coats of paint.
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