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>>11180675
4) We have something called a gyro-compass, which uses the Earth's rotation to point North.

These are mostly used in submarines, but they can find north without any magnetic field. And this isn't "magnetic north" either, it's True North.

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>>11111878
2) There exist "gyro-compasses" which use the Earth's rotation to point North (not magnetic north either, true north)

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>>11035701
#3 gyrocompasses use the earth's rotation to point north. Not to magnetic north either, true north. Mostly used in submarines

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>>10067036
here's one

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