It's a WaPo article that's a 12 minute read - https://archive.ph/C6mna
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Why is it upside down?
because wh*tes decided which way was right side up
Up is North, because North is at the top of a compass, and is the direction a compass will always point towards.
The earliest known compasses humans used were called "zhi nan zhen," meaning "south pointing needle." It pointed south. European navigators using the technology inverted this so it would point north.
I guess, but those were really more of a divination tool, rather than a navigational one. They didn't start using them as a traditional compass until the 1100's.