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Plan a small experiment to prove that Earth acts as a huge bar magnet.

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Suspend a bar magnet and apply a torque to that freely suspended magnet. Wait till the magnet comes to rest and note the direction towards which the poles are pointing. Repeating this experiment will show that the magnet always points in the same direction. This is the proof.

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