La Mitad del Mundo

Live! From the Middle of the Earth!

...Try this at home:

1. Go to your local equator. Make sure you are EXACTLY on the equator.
2. Balance an egg on the head of a nail. IT WORKS!
3. Now line up a water basin with a drain along the equatorial line.
4. Pour a bucket of water in the basin.
5. Pull out the drain plug and drop a leaf in the water as it drains out. The water goes STRAIGHT down the drain, as does the leaf!
6. Now repeat this process six feet NORTH of the equator. The water forms a COUNTER-CLOCKWISE whirlpool as it drains - the leaf circling around the basin in a counter-clockwise direction.
7. Move the water basin six feet SOUTH of the equatorial line. The water will form a CLOCKWISE whirlpool!

Now for any science teachers (Ahem...) who might be reading this, or purists of other stripes... Some say this is all myth and legend, not scientific fact. Any explanations or debunkifications?

Here´s one explanation for further reading.

Come to the equator and try it yourself!