I Hate Talking

Spinning Toilets, Stingrays, and St. Thomas Shores - Part 4

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In episode 127 of I Hate Talking, the hosts revisit the Coriolis effect after a previous discussion about the direction of a spiral staircase at Blackbeard’s Castle. They separate fact from fiction, explaining that Earth’s rotation affects large-scale moving systems such as weather patterns, ocean currents, and hurricanes—but does not determine which way water spins in toilets…