Did You Know...

I guess we're kinda magnet geeks. Not that there's anything wrong with that -magnets can be found in many common, everyday household devices including credit cards, televisions, vacuum cleaners, and custom promotional magnets, of course. But did you know...

• Hammering or heating a magnet in a hot flame will cause it to loose its magnetic properties. In both scenarios the molecules lose their north-south alignment and get arranged in random directions.
• All magnets have a north and south pole, including all of our custom promotional magnets. Opposite poles attract while the same poles repel each other.
• Many scientists believe the Earth's magnetic field helps to guide migrating birds.
• Over 80% off all households in the US have promotional magnets on their refrigerator.
• The worlds largest magnet is planet Earth. Earths hot liquid core contains iron which, as it moves, creates an electric current that generates a magnetic field around the planet.
• Neodymium magnets (a type of very strong rare-earth magnets) are known to repel sharks. While we don't currently sell neodymium magnets we do have a large collection of super strong magnets.
• Today's high speed trains use magnets to float each car, reducing friction and allowing the train to run very efficiently.
• Magnets can be found in many common household items such as telephones, computers, stereos, refrigerators, TVs, and VCRs.
• A coil of wire with an electric current flowing through it becomes magnetized.
• The pull of a magnet is strongest at the north and south pole.
• Rare-earth magnets are the strongest type of permanent magnets made.
• Legend has it that magnets were first discovered around 4,000 years ago when a shepherd named Magnes got the nails in the sole of his shoe stuck to a magnetic rock, later called magnetite.
• Magnets are usually made of steel or iron. Special alloys of iron, nickel, copper, cobalt, and aluminum can also be made into magnets.
• Earth, Saturn, Jupiter, Neptune, and Uranus are the only planets in our solar system with magnetic fields.