In this video, the duo rides to the equator in Kenya to find out which direction water swirls while going down a drain in the northern hemisphere, southern hemisphere, and right on the equator itself. With the aid of a few local companions, he captures on camera the dramatic swirling of water through a makeshift plastic funnel in the three locations.
In McGregor's experiment, the toothpicks dropped in the water clearly rotated in a clockwise direction while in the northern hemisphere, while they rotated counterclockwise in the southern hemisphere. And when they straddled the line, the water just fell straight down and the toothpicks didn't go anywhere.
Was this experiment scientifically valid? Probably not, but who cares? It's interesting enough that a prolific actor like Ewan McGregor follows through on the geeky impulses that we all have while traveling. The Coriolis effect shall remain a mystery.
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