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Some trivia: the North Pole is actually the magnetic south pole. Out of convention we call it the “North Pole” because on a compass the north magnet is point t
by alberth 1y ago
Some trivia: the North Pole is actually the magnetic south pole.
Out of convention we call it the “North Pole” because on a compass the north magnet is point toward its attract magnetic south.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_magnetic_pole https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_magnetic_pole
- grues-dinner 1y agoI think in this case the concept of North came first and which end of a magnet points that way came second. Compasses are old, but not as old as the sunrise/set, which are (presumably) the original vaguely universal directions and define all four cardinal directions.