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A sheperd named magnes stood on a certain black rock. When he tried to move he felt some thing tug at his feet it was a lodestone. they say magnes was the first person to find magnetsim and they named them after him.

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The first lodestone was likely found by ancient people in regions with naturally occurring magnetic rocks, such as lodestone, around 600 BCE in Magnesia, Greece.

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In what counry were the first lodestone discovered?

Lodestone was first discovered in Mgnesia, Greece


Where can lodestone be found?

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What year was lodestone found?

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