30-10-2008, 11:05pm
The biggest bell is the "Tsar Kolokol" cast in the Kremlin in 1733. It weighs 216 tons, but alas, is cracked and has never been rung. The bell was being stored in a Moscow shed which caught fire. To "save" it the caretakers decided to throw water on the bell. This did not succeed as the water hit the superheated metal and a giant piece immediately cracked off, destroying the bell forever.