You know that if you say: "I love to bring magnets from travel", then literally it will be - "I love to bring loved ones (lovers, Ora's bones, loving stones) from travels". And so in almost all languages of the world in ancient times. It will be hard to explain that you have brought souvenir fridge magnets. There were no steel refrigerators in those days at all, and the magnet, as you already understood, was also called differently, and definitely not a magnet.

In different parts of the world, the discovery of the magnet took place at different periods of time. In the stories of the discovery and use of the magnet, curiosity, religion, love, the desire to travel and earn money, to enrich themselves with treasure, hide secrets, fight and defend themselves, prejudices and scientific research, belief in miracles played their role. All this has led to the fact that magnets are now an important element in all spheres of human life, from everyday life, medicine, industry, science, to weapons and space exploration. So from antiquity to today and it's all about magnets.

Modern magnets and the fridge magnets we are used to do not appear on their own. They have their own history of the discovery of the magnet by humanity. And for many centuries it was believed that the first in this was Ancient China for a couple of thousand years BC, then there are data in Ancient Greece 600 BC. But, a discovery that was made less than 100 years ago changed this view. They discovered a civilization older than the Maya and Aztecs on the territory of North America - the Olmecs, translated as "rubber people", who knew what a magnet is and used its properties. This advanced civilization has many unresolved secrets.

The Macedonian tribe of magnets left their mark not only in Greece and Turkey, but throughout the history of mankind. In many scientific and historical sources it is believed that it is thanks to them that the magnet is called a magnet. Magnets were an interesting people and made a lot of confusion in the names of cities and in the names of things. The magnet is no exception - there are enough riddles too.

We use objects with a magnet every day and use its properties. We buy souvenir fridge magnets on every trip. The word "magnet" has been familiar to us since childhood. Where did this name come from and how was it found? There are several very similar ancient legends about the magnet, it is interesting that they were told by people in different countries and with a big time difference. Are these fictional legends or are they based on real events?

Tourists who come to Ukraine see our country differently than those living in it. The perception of a foreigner is influenced by those around him, with whom there is communication, non-standard events, new sensations, then come the beauty of nature, architecture. The tradition of bringing fridge magnets is a recent one and has quickly grown to almost worldwide. When buying a small souvenir - a fridge magnet, people try to keep for themselves, to convey to their loved ones, those vivid emotions that they experienced, which especially struck them, was remembered in Ukraine. Looking at the magnet, the time spent in Ukraine or the person who gave the souvenir will be remembered. This is how all souvenir magnets work, whether they are original magnets in the Ukrainian style, with symbols, funny magnets with humor, unusual handmade ones, just with a photo of the sights of Ukraine. Since we are all different, I wonder what kind of fridge magnets foreigners themselves choose.

Riddle - which memorable souvenirs we are buying most often, wherever we are going? What are the pure symbolic keepsake are most often got by relatives and friends from any part of the world? Have you guessed? The answer is - magnets for fridge! Cheap souvenir, which stands out with rich variety. It has become a tourist's tradition to buy at least a fridge magnet, it's hardly sin to buy such a cheap gift. Such souvenirs are put onto favorite, noticable place, that is hitting attendance jackpot among all places in the house, the fridge. While you are studing the magnets, you can hear many amusing stories from their owners. They will tell about magnets that were giftet to them, what is worth noticing, they will always exactly remmember who they got them from, where it was brought from, it's like a miracle, how good they are at safekeeping memories. Souvenir, memorable gift, collection item, pleasant memories safekeeper from trips etc - it's all about fridge magnets. Where they come from? When? How those magnets were invented? And how the magnet itself was discovered and ended up in service of humanity. Also, let's not neglect every family favorite - cold home keeper of goodies and calories - refrigerator...