stackyFACTSNavigational precision used to literally involve dropping a rock in a bowl of water. Before sleek brass dials, maritime navigation relied on a chunk of naturally magnetized magnetite placed on a piece of floating wood, which would leisurely spin until it allegedly pointed toward magnetic north.
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