Template:Did you know nominations/Magnes the shepherd

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The result was: promoted by Allen3 ^talk 11:09, 7 April 2015 (UTC)

Magnes the shepherd

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• ... that Pliny the Elder attributed the name of Magnes the shepherd as the etymological source of the Latin root that has given English speakers the words magnet, magnetism, and related word forms?

• Reviewed: USS Marcellus (1879)

Created by Fuhghettaboutit (talk). Self nominated at 20:16, 21 March 2015 (UTC).

• Well sourced, long enough, article is new enough. Hook is a bit on the long side, but just scrapes in under the 200 character limit. Smurrayinchester 22:23, 21 March 2015 (UTC)