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Because it's a metal.

No, seriously, that's why. Metal atoms share electrons in what's called the "metallic bond"... electrons are not strongly associated with one or even a few atoms, but can fairly freely move throughout the entire bulk of the metal. These "conduction band" electrons make it easy to put electrons in at one end and get (different) electrons out the other end of a piece of metal.

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