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Canadian Coins Not Nano-Tech Espionage Devices

Necrotica writes "An odd-looking Canadian coin with a bright red flower was the culprit behind the U.S. Defence Department's false espionage warning earlier this year. The odd-looking — but harmless — "poppy coin" was so unfamiliar to suspicious U.S. Army contractors traveling in Canada that they filed confidential espionage accounts about them. The worried contractors described the coins as "anomalous" and "filled with something man-made that looked like nano-technology," according to once-classified U.S. government reports and e-mails obtained by the AP."

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  1. Obligatory Canada-bashing: by Randolpho · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Even those who are concerned with this very issue know that Canadian coins are harmless: http://zapatopi.net/afdb/build.html
    s/harm/worth/



    P.S. No Canadians were harmed during the making of this admittedly stupid joke.
    --
    "Times have not become more violent. They have just become more televised."
    -Marilyn Manson
  2. Re:Better Safe Than Sorry, Eh by sporb · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Why? BECAUSE THEY ARE MORONS.