Magnets have been known since ancient times when a shepherd named Magnus discovered that an unusual black rock had the power to pull iron objects like his staff and sandal nails towards it. This became known as the first recorded discovery of a magnet. Different types of magnets exist, with some able to attract or repel other magnets depending on which poles (north or south) are placed close together. Magnets have been studied for centuries but still hold mysterious properties about the forces they exert.

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6. In Magnesia in Ancient
Greece, there lived a
shepherd named
Magnus.
One day, he
was looking
after his sheep
in the hills.

7. All of a sudden, he felt a mysterious
force pulling his iron staff from his hand.
Even the
iron nails on
his sandals
were being
pulled out.

8. To his great surprise, he
discovered that it was a huge,
black rock next to him that was
pulling his staff and the nails.

9. Soon, news spread across the
country about the strange rock that
had the power to pull things to it.

10. The Greeks later found other similar
black rocks which had this power. These
rocks were named ‘magnets’, after
either Magnesia or Magnus himself.