Eli5: how in the world do magnets work

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Eli5: how in the world do magnets work

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Electromagnetism is one of the 4 fundamental forces of universe. All particles emit an electric field that can interact but the other particles tend to cancel out an overall electromagnetic effect. Some materials are special because the have the right structure to let their particles move/reorientate to allign with the electromagnetic fields. Some materials are so easy to reorientate that the particles inside itself have enough force to allign creating a natural magnetic.

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