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Earth’s Rotation Day, observed annually on January 8th, marks the discovery of Earth’s rotation by French physicist Léon Foucault in 1851.

But why do hurricanes rotate? That’s due to something called the Coriolis effect. As Earth spins on its axis, an object on the equator must move much faster than an object by the poles.

This comes from two separate Americanisms: that one episode of The Simpsons where they imply the Coriolis effect makes our loos swirl backwards; and the fact toilet bowls in the US are shaped ...

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