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Watch a homemade medieval trebuchet launch a flaming fireball into the night sky

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Feb 24, 2026
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Watch a homemade medieval trebuchet fling a ball of fire into the night sky. The counterweight drops, the arm swings, and a flaming projectile arcs across the darkness like a slow-motion firework. This looks like too much fun.

A trebuchet is a medieval siege engine that uses a weighted arm to hurl heavy objects with surpr…

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