# Magnets

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magnets/116>\
**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [June 29, 1999, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magnets/116 "1999-06-29T01:03:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 1999, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magnets/116/1 "1999-06-29T01:03:00Z")

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A group of scientists in England using huge elctromagnets and enough power to supply a small town have magnetized and levitated such things as strawberries and spiders. They plan to someday levitate humans.

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 1999, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magnets/116/2 "1999-06-29T12:35:00Z")

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I think you’ve been watching too many episodes of the old Patrick McNee/Diana Rigg AVENGERS.

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 1999, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magnets/116/3 "1999-06-30T05:02:00Z")

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Actually it was on a show on the Discovery Channel about Mag-lev and gyroscopes and human levitation.