Understanding the Attraction of Hydrogen Molecules

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What attracts hydrogen? What pulss hydrogen to itself? What puts hydrogen on edge?
 
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Your second and third questions are meaningless (at least, to me).

As for the first question, the H2 molecule is really tiny, with a very small polarizability. It will be very, very weakly attracted to a charge. H2 is also diamagnetic, and hence repelled by a magnetic field.