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2 stories about the discovery of magnets from kidsconnect.com:
 * The earliest magnets were referred to as lodestone or magnetite. There is a story that a shepherd from the island of Crete was the first to discover lodestone when his crook, which had an iron tip, was pulled towards a stone when he passed over it. The shepherd’s name was Magnes.
 * Another story is that Archimedes, a scientist from ancient Greece, is supposed to have pulled the nails out of enemy ships by using lodestone. The ships then came apart causing them to sink.

What is a Magnet?


 * Magnets are usually made from iron or steel, but aluminum, steel-iron, copper, nickel and cobalt can also be made into powerful magnets.

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