In a restaurant over the weekend, all of the cutlery was slightly magnetic, the knives and forks stuck to each other. Why would this be?

In some kitchens, the knives are held in place on a strip of magnet. It may have magnetized the knife making it attracted to the fork with magnetic pull. Other than that, I don't see why they would be magnetized.

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by Carwash on September 23rd, 2008
Very welcome, I hope it helps
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by Miss Anubis loves this season on September 23rd, 2008
Do you listen to NPR's Car Talk -- that was their 'puzzler' question last week!
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by xprofessor on September 29th, 2008
I've not heard of "NPR's Car Talk", sorry. Is it a podcast?
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by Carwash on September 30th, 2008
Car Talk the most popular show on National Public Radio (in the US) -- with "Click and Clack, the Tappet Brothers", a couple of auto mechanics with engineering degrees from MIT. Actually their explanation was that restaurants put powerful magnets in their trash to prevent accidental loss of silverware, hence the magnetization of some of the pieces. http://www.cartalk.com/content/puzzler/transcripts/200838/index.html
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by xprofessor on September 30th, 2008
Ah! That's a pretty neat explanation. Thanks! I'm not from the US, so I didn't know about National Public Radio.
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by Carwash on September 30th, 2008

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