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[-] bandwidthcrisis@lemmy.world 20 points 1 month ago

While we're at it, is a compass needle's North pole actually a South so that it points North? Or is the Earth's North pole actually South so that the needle's North pole points to it?

(I know that I could look this up, I just want to confuse people.)

[-] mexicancartel@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 1 month ago

But that's by design, while this is a convention problem

[-] Siethron@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

We decided on North long before we discovered magnetism. But the magnet poles of the earth flip from time to time so ehhh.

[-] psud@aussie.zone 2 points 1 month ago

The needle used to be called the north seeking needle. It is magnetically south

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