{"id":1733,"date":"2011-10-28T13:18:02","date_gmt":"2011-10-28T17:18:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jimsbigthings.com\/?p=1733"},"modified":"2017-12-02T16:56:16","modified_gmt":"2017-12-02T21:56:16","slug":"columbus-globe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.jimsbigthings.com\/?p=1733","title":{"rendered":"Columbus Globe"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>On the campus of Indiana University\/Perdue University in Columbus we tracked down this Big Globe fountain. Named Discovery it is called a kugel, from the German word for ball. A mere 12 pounds of water pressure supports the nearly 2, 300 pound globe, made from granite from South Africa. Each of the books is made from a different type of granite from the Bavarian Forest in Germany, and together they weigh more than 9,400 pounds.<\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_1734\" style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jimsbigthings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/11globe.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1734\" data-attachment-id=\"1734\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/www.jimsbigthings.com\/?attachment_id=1734\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jimsbigthings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/11globe.jpg?fit=1516%2C2022\" data-orig-size=\"1516,2022\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;COOLPIX L3&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1319807887&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;6.3&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;50&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0024485798237023&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Columbus Globe\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;11globe&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Columbus Globe&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jimsbigthings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/11globe.jpg?fit=145%2C193\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jimsbigthings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/11globe.jpg?fit=494%2C659\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1734\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jimsbigthings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/11globe.jpg?resize=225%2C300\" alt=\"globe\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jimsbigthings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/11globe.jpg?resize=225%2C300 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jimsbigthings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/11globe.jpg?resize=768%2C1024 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jimsbigthings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/11globe.jpg?resize=112%2C150 112w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jimsbigthings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/11globe.jpg?w=1516 1516w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1734\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Columbus Globe<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the campus of Indiana University\/Perdue University in Columbus we tracked down this Big Globe fountain. Named Discovery it is called a kugel, from the German word for ball. A mere 12 pounds of water pressure supports the nearly 2, 300 pound globe, made from granite from South Africa. 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