In olden days, sailors used to find direction by suspending a piece of ___ magnet.

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In olden days, there were no magnetic needles or compass to find the direction. So, sailors used to suspend a bar magnet in their ships to find out the right direction. A bar magnet always points in north direction when suspended freely. This is called the north pole of the magnet and the other end is called south pole.

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