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University students claim they've built world's largest fidget spinner

Teachers Squirming Over Fidget Spinners
By Joy Johnston, Cox Media Group National Content Desk
June 30, 2017

Everything is bigger in Texas, including fidget spinners.

Students at the University of Texas at Dallas have created what they claim is the largest fidget spinner in the world.

The impressive creation weighs 150 pounds, and has a 45-inch diameter while spinning, WFAA reported.

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A school official told WFAA that it took the students 20 labor hours to put the fidget spinner together.

The massive fidget spinner has been submitted for consideration by the Guinness Book of World Records.

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