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True or False: If you cut a bar magnet in half, you will get a magnet that is only a north pole and a magnet that is only a south pole.

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Answer: False

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That is false. This is implying the existence of magnetic monopoles, which we do not know exist. As far as we know, magnetic monopoles don't exist and its impossible to create one. Due to Maxwell's equations, it implies that a magnetic monopole should exist, but we have not yet found one.

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