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FROM THE PICTURE PAGE · FILED 17 AUGUST 2026

Water Drains Backwards South of the Equator. Except It Doesn't.

South of the equator, water drains backwards. Everyone knows that. Except it does not.

VERDICT: TRUE, BUT55 SECONDS · EVERY CLAIM SOURCED BELOW
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South of the equator, water drains backwards. Everyone knows that. Your sink spins one way in London. The other way in Sydney. Except it does not. Any sink can spin either way, anywhere on Earth. The bowl decides. The jets decide. The planet is outvoted.

But in 1962, an MIT engineer got stubborn. A six-foot tank. A plastic cover. Twenty-four hours of perfect stillness. He pulled the plug. For twelve minutes, nothing. Then the water began to turn. Counterclockwise. The Earth, showing its hand.

Sydney ran it mirrored three years later. Clockwise. Five runs out of five.

So the myth got it backwards. The planet does move your bathwater. It just needs a day of silence first. Your toilet has never been that quiet.

Verdict: Part BS. The Coriolis effect is real — it just cannot overpower a toilet's bowl shape, jets, and fill direction. Under laboratory conditions with 24 hours of stillness, the Earth wins. In your bathroom, your plumber wins.

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