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'Der Viener Schlinger': The meat cannon that launched 20,000 hot dogs

Flatwater Free Press writer J.J. Harder gets to fire Der Viener Schlinger, the hot dog cannon that has launched Fairbury franks into the stands at Nebraska's Memorial Stadium for 30 years, and traces its invention, naming, near-misses, the people who run it and how the 90 mph sausage launcher actually works.

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