stackyFACTSPlaying with shiny rare-earth elements is fun until they accelerate into your fingers at terminal velocity. Formed by compounding iron, boron, and neodymium, these blocks possess a magnetic pull so ridiculously forceful that larger variants require heavy machinery just to pry them apart once they touch.
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