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Voted : no
According to The Straight Dope, experiments indicate otherwise.
Voted : no
Urban myth.
It only applies to huge bodies of water.
It toilets, bathtubs and the like the direction of water movement is determined by the shape of the receptacle.
Very interesting
Voted : no
You can make the water go down anyway you like.
Voted : no
We thrashed this out about a year or so ago, came up with so many contrasting arguments and theories that it became an exercise in futility. Myself, I conducted a series of experiments on the matter, came up with almost as many results as we had theories. My conclusion- Deity's up there, and it changes up purely for entertainment value.
I doubt it -- the direction of spin is priarily dictated by the position of the jets/water outlets, not by any Coriolis Effect.
primarily, too
Voted : no
Don't believe what you hear about Coriolis effect making the water in a sink or toilet rotate one way as it drains in one hemisphere, the other way in the other hemisphere. The Coriolis force is noticeable only for large-scale motions such as winds.
Voted : no
Don't believe what you hear about Coriolis making the water in a sink or toilet rotate one way as it drains in one hemisphere, the other way in the other hemisphere. The Coriolis force is noticeable only for large-scale motions such as winds.
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