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Semi-Truck Spills $800K in Dimes Causing Unfathomably Annoying Cleanup (www.thedrive.com)
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[–] DoubleSpace@lemm.ee 7 points 1 week ago (2 children)

No US coins are attracted to magnets.

[–] GrumpyDuckling@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 week ago

Except for the steel penny they made for one year.

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Probably to prevent rust?

[–] ch00f@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Also iron/steel are difficult to mold.