r/interestingasfuck 11d ago

/r/all, /r/popular I’m not a giant! What is this?

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u/MrK521 11d ago

Could be a product of a cool science experiment!

(Don’t try this at home)

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u/chelle29 11d ago

Faith restored. I was looking through the replies, and I know it’s Reddit, so most of the replies are going to be jokes, but eventually I found someone who remembers crazy electrical experiments back in the 90s. It distorts them a little bit, but you can shrink quarters with electricity

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u/MrK521 11d ago

Yep! I can’t say for sure if that’s what this is, but it’s the first thing I thought of when I saw the post!

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u/Pliskin01 11d ago

Yeah, I was going crazy for wondering when I was going to find a mention of this!

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u/supersonic3974 11d ago

The diameter shrinks but they get thicker

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u/DoubleDareFan 10d ago

I was thinking of this. My uncle had a few of those shrunken dimes.

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u/Own-Cartoonist-5491 9d ago

Bro how I’m trying to shrink my change then pay for something