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Can The Human Body Be Magnetized?

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Can The Human Body Be Magnetized? Can the human body be magnetized? If you were wearing ferromagnets—a steel belt, steel buttons, a steel-rimmed hat—and were unlucky enough to get struck by lightning, your accoutrements might become permanently magnetized, but not your body. The human body can generate very weak or transient magnetic fields, however. What

Do Pigeons Have Magnetite In Their Beaks?

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Do Pigeons Have Magnetite In Their Beaks? Do pigeons have magnetite in their beaks? Researchers have discovered a small spot on the beak of pigeons and some other birds that contains magnetite. Magnetite is a magnetized rock, which may act as a tiny GPS unit for the homing pigeon by giving it information about its