World's Biggest Pumpkin Cannon Shoots at 600 MPH
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Principles are simple: compressed air, a long barrel, and pumpkins as ammo. However, the construction of this farm artillery is enormous. This pumpkin cannon stands at 60 feet tall, and shoots at 600 MPH for as long as a mile in distance.

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