2.07.2005

Fact or Crap?
Draining toilet water swirls in the opposite direction in the Southern Hemisphere than in the Northern Hemisphere.

Crap. There is something called the Coriolis force, which, in short, is what happens when air flows from high to low pressure under the earth’s rotation. This deflects wind to the right in the Northern Hemisphere and to the left in the Southern Hemisphere. The effect is noticeable, however, only for large-scale motions, such as weather conditions.

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