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ELI5: What is the difference between True North and Magnetic North? and does it matter to me, a layperson?

Edit: Thank you all for these very helpful answers!!
gpt
The magnetic pole is a bit off of the geographic pole

That means when your compass points at "North" its pointing at magnetic north, which is a slightly different location than true geographic north.

The only people that really need to deal with this is when you are doing navigation, such as on a plane, ship or say, a long hike.

You may need to account for that the north your compass says, is a bit off of true north and adjust your route accordingly.