I live in the state of New Hampshire. It’s a major pumpkin-growing region of the country, and October is harvest season. Truckloads of pumpkins head south and west, and local farm stands are bursting with the orange globes. But what do you do with all the misshaped or leftover pumpkins? Chuck ‘em, what else? A local farmer has turned this into an art with his World Champion ‘Yankee Siege’ Trebuchet. This is something you really must see to comprehend. The top of the mast rises to more than 60 feet, and when the 12,000 pounds of weight are let loose, pumpkins fly for about 2,000 feet. Now, it turns out that this farmer is not …

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