Busting Popular Myths That You Probably Thought Were Facts

Toilets Flush and Tornado’s Spin Both Ways on Both Hemispheres

This one is a bit of a doozy. Basically, the myth says that depending on the hemisphere, a toilet will flush in one way and a tornado will spin in one way. That’s just not true, although they do have a preference, but can go both ways.

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The More You Know

  • The Nobel Committee declined to award the Nobel Peace Prize in 1948 because "there was no suitable living candidate." This was meant as tribute to Mahatma Gandhi, who was assassinated earlier that year without receiving the Prize.
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