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The Magnetic Mystery

Curious Cases

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Are You Doing Cheap Magic Tricks Everyday?

In a theoretical physicist it's not an inherently practical one. I would expect they would make some sort of Faraday cage within the train itself so that the people on board aren't experiencing the magnetic field. And at least in the UK we have quite a big Victorian rail network as it is so we've got to update our stuff. Have you got a favourite everyday use of magnets? Not that maglev trains are particularly everyday if you live in Britain. Well doing cheap magic tricks I suppose. It's like... Sure, I think if you're doing that everyday then I think it counts.

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