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It's true, it's really true!!

By firstamendmentblogger

Remember when your physics teacher told you how the water spins clockwise in the north, counter-clockwise in the south - or is it the other way around?  Anyway, its true, its really true! 

I crossed the equator this week on my way to present an advocacy seminar in Mbarara, Uganda.  That's Richard-over to the right.  For 5 shillings, about $2.50 US, Richard will drop a flower in a make-shift drain to show you how the water spins and changes direction according to where you're standing three feet north or three feet south of the equator.  And what happens on the equator . . . drains right down, straight down, no spin. 

Very cool.

And if you're looking to drop a few pounds, move to the equator.  You'll weigh about 10% less than you do now. 

-Kathleen A. Bergin

Full post as published by The Faculty Lounge on July 22, 2009 (boomark / email).