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"Americans are regularly told by their badly educated teachers, that water drains in the toilet flush in a certain direction in the northern hemisphere, and the opposite direction in the southern hemisphere. This is abjectly wrong. The coreolis force applied to flushing toilet would be so tiny, that your breathing in the room would have more effect on the direction.
Thanks to an episode of the Simpsons, now most of the English speaking world believe this myth too."
http://www.rocknroll.force9.co.uk/advice/survivors.htm
Thanks to an episode of the Simpsons, now most of the English speaking world believe this myth too."
http://www.rocknroll.force9.co.uk/advice/survivors.htm