When you make a snowman today, you owe some credit to the Netherlands, Maine, and Eau Claire, Wisconsin

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That video above is a 122-foot tall snow woman in Bethel, Maine. It's called "Olympia Snow" in honor of -- you guessed it. It's the tallest snowman/woman ever constructed -- the previous record was also in Bethel, Maine -- and it's just one of many ties that Maine has back to the world of s…