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 ==== 'Punkin chunkin' ====
-This strange sport, also known as 'punkin chunkin', allows players to use a handmade mechanical mechanism to hurl a pumpkin into the sky as far as possible. The devices produced also differ considerably from one participant to the next and include giant catapults, slingshots, trebuchets, pneumatic cannons, bolt throwers, and centrifugals. [([[https://science.howstuffworks.com/transport/engines-equipment/question502.htm|How Stuff Works]])]
+This strange sport, also known as 'Punkin chunkin', allows players to use a handmade mechanical mechanism to hurl a pumpkin into the sky as far as possible.
+[([[https://science.howstuffworks.com/transport/engines-equipment/question502.htm|How Stuff Works]])]
+==== Various devices ====
+The devices produced also differ considerably from one participant to the next and include giant catapults, slingshots, trebuchets, pneumatic cannons, bolt throwers, and centrifugal. [([[https://aplusphysics.com/community/index.php?/blogs/entry/31070-the-sport-of-pumpkin-chucking/|A Plus Physics]])]
 ==== 5,545.43 ft ====
 Ralph J. Eschborn II, Alex C. Eschborn, Eric J. Eschborn, Pete Hill, Stefan Hill, John Piel, Verne Weidman, Don Brill, and Harry Harding achieved the farthest distance to fire a pumpkin. It is 5,545.43 ft. [([[https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/farthest-distance-to-fire-a-pumpkin|Guinness World Records]])]
+==== Three divisions ====
+The Pumpkin Chuckin Competition (Wisconsin 2021) is broken up into three divisions Little Chucker, Soaring Squash, Huge Hurlers. [([[https://pumpkinchuckinfest.com/home/pumpkin-chuckin/|Pumpkin Chickin Fest]])]
+{{tag>sport culture society}}

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