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    I'm in the northern hemisphere and my toilet flushes clockwise. Due to the coriolis effect, do toilets flush in the oppposite direction south of the equator, and what about natural flow on the equator?

    Question #54479. Asked by dejavucub4. (Jan 26 05 8:02 PM)


    gmackematix

    		This question has been asked here on numerous occasions and the myth has been dismissed by Terry himself.

    Q42493 is a fairly full treatment of the subject.

    Hmmm. When researchers flushed money down the drain looking into this, I wonder which way it went.

    Jan 26 05, 8:52 PM
    peasypod

    		If I had a dollar for every time...

    http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/physics/General/bathtub.html

    Jan 26 05, 10:22 PM

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