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UK engineer Tom Stanton built a trebuchet using a 3:1 pulley system and carbon fiber arm to launch a 4-gram projectile at 776 mph, breaking the sound barrier. The sonic boom confirmed his success, proving that gravity-powered medieval technology can achieve supersonic speeds.
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