[AntiGuv]

Thank you for the info! You've answered some questions I've been wondering about. It can be confusing at times to separate legit info from the myths. Speaking of which, I recently found out that it's a myth that toilet water spins opposite in the Southern Hemisphere due to the Coriolis effect. That was interesting, and tangentially related to hurricanes. =)

[Strategerist]

There are actually guys in places like Kenya and whatnot on the equator that scam tourists by claiming to demonstrate the opposite spin of water draining on opposite sides of the equator.

Actually you CAN demonstrate Coriolis with water draining, but only under laboratory conditions, with a very wide pan of shallow water, after allowing days and days for the water to become completely still, IIRC.