They're not that easy to lose, on account of being incredibly magnetic. Even if you throw a handful across the room, they'll stay stuck to each other. If you

They're not that easy to lose, on account of being incredibly magnetic. Even if you throw a handful across the room, they'll stay stuck to each other. If you pick them off one by one and throw them then you'll lose them, but sweep around the room with a piece of metal or more magnets and you'll find them again pretty quick. Characterizing them as "magnetic balls of death" is very unfair considering that not many people have actually been killed or maimed by them. Driving your kids around town in a convertible is probably more dangerous than owning these magnets. Owning a swimming pool certainly is.