Was his name Archimedes? Did he yell “Eureka”?
He probably yelled, "Dodecahedron!"
Lotta articles this morning (M.E.T.) about dodecahedra, anomalous magnetic fields, Pliny the Elder (first person to provide a halfway "scientific" description of magnetism), and the like.
To be honest: Maybe the guy just really needed a shower!
Regards,
No, that is what the other students yelled. That's why he took a bath.