Farms: Why we drop a ball on New Year's Eve
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The dropping of the New Year's Eve ball in Times Square has been a tradition for over 100 years. We spoke with the agent for the ball itself, Jeffrey Straus, and climbed to the top of One Times Square to find out why millions join together on December 31st to watch a lighted ball drop down a pole. -------------------------------------------------- Follow BI Video on Twitter: http://bit.ly/1oS68Zs Follow BI on Facebook: http://bit.ly/1W9Lk0n Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/ -------------------------------------------------- Business Insider is the fastest growing business news site in the US. Our mission: to tell you all you need to know about the big world around you. The BI Video team focuses on technology, strategy and science with an emphasis on unique storytelling and data that appeals to the next generation of leaders – the digital generation.
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We drop the ball like we dropped the bombs for our freedom bitch
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To crush 2016 out of our lives
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this wasnt the only ball dropped this new years
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So it's the biggest crystal ball in the world and then we step in and drop it.
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Not only is it a dumb tradition, but the "ball" doesn't "drop".
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My favorite part is when the ball(s) dropped. -
"Bitch Ima pick the world up, and I'm gonna drop it in your fuckin head." -lil wayne
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Gay. Thumbs down.
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we all drop balls at some point (÷ _@[[ thats a lenny face
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My razer keyboard can produce 16.8 million colors, beat that
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So the ball is lit the whole year and falls throughout the year? What is this video implying?
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Chicagos star?
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Would be a shame if someone would to brake that ball😏
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Still waiting for my balls to drop.
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I though they will crash the ball to the ground and it will explode into thousands of confetti or something.
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interesting
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I had no idea this was a thing in the US.
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"so it can now stay lit all year-round"
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we get this, while London has a grand show with the largest Ferris wheel, Sydney with beautiful fireworks and the Opera House. Why not we do something that a lot of people can see and much grander? Idk, maybe make the statue of liberty the center piece because it's a famous monument, and do some fireworks and shows by the bay, instead of cramping within small Times Square. Come on, guys! Where's the competitive edge?!
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It's been 13 years and still my balls decicide not to drop on New Years