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Otter@lemmy.ca to Offbeat@lemmy.caEnglish · 3 months ago

Semi-Truck Spills $800K in Dimes Causing Unfathomably Annoying Cleanup

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Semi-Truck Spills $800K in Dimes Causing Unfathomably Annoying Cleanup

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Otter@lemmy.ca to Offbeat@lemmy.caEnglish · 3 months ago
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That's approximately eight million dimes, and even despite the help of vacuums, some had to be picked up by hand.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/43350212

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    And now you know why most countries’ coinage is ferrous.

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      Dimes are ferrous. I use them as wargaming bases for my squads of 6mm soldiers.

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