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Coriolis Effect: IDTIMWYTIM
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Coriolis Effect: IDTIMWYTIM
  • Published_at:2013-05-14
  • Category:Education
  • Channel:scishow
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  • description: Does your toilet water drain differently than in the other hemisphere? Is it because of the Coriolis effect? Hank has some things to clarify about these questions, and more in this edition of I Don't Think It Means What You Think It Means. Like SciShow? Want to help support us, and also get things to put on your walls, cover your torso and hold your liquids? Check out our awesome products over at DFTBA Records: http://dftba.com/artist/52/SciShow -- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com Sources http://www.snopes.com/science/coriolis.asp http://science.howstuffworks.com/science-vs-myth/everyday-myths/rotation-earth-toilet-baseball2.htm http://www.ems.psu.edu/~fraser/Bad/BadCoriolis.html http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/education/kits/currents/05currents1.html http://education.nationalgeographic.com/education/encyclopedia/coriolis-effect/?ar_a=1 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Gustave_coriolis.jpg
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