Have you ever heard about the Coriolis effect? If you haven´t, give me a few minutes and I will tell you more about this interesting physic's law.
First, you know that Earth rotates from west to east. This rotatory motion cause this effect. Did you know that thanks to it we can travel faster? It´s not an absolute truth, because it only happens if you fly from west to east, but if you do it in that direction it´s true, so if you are thinking to visit USA, your stay in the plane will be shorter when you return from America. The Coriolis effect also causes other “problems”; without going any further, when you want to shoot some long-range weapon, like a canon you have to consider it, beacuse the Earth's rotation will cause a little desviation of the projectile. Another interesting consequence of the Coriolis effect that you can observe in your house, is that the WC swallows the water clockwise. Maybe you think that it is normal, but if you go to South America for example, it will be the opposite.
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