Earth is UPSIDE-DOWN - Fantastic Fact 13

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Did you know that the Earth is

upside-down? Earth has a north

pole and a south pole, just like

a giant magnet. Except...it's

not actually the way most people

think it is. What we call the

"North Pole" is actually the south

pole, and what we call the "South

Pole" is actually the north pole.

If you know anything about magnets

you'll know that the north pole

of a magnet will not face the

north pole of another magnet (at

least not without significant force).

This is why we call the Earth's

south pole the "North Pole". Because

the north pole of a compass faces

the south pole of the Earth. But

the "North Pole" is in fact Earth's

south pole.

But it'd be really confusing

if you started reversing the names

of the poles so it's probably

best to call the North and South

Pole by their normal but definitely

inaccurate names.