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When you fill a container with liquid, like a sink or bathtub with water, then drain it from underneath, the liquid begins to spin and create something that looks like a reverse tornado. Does it drain faster spinning a particular direction or does interrupting the spin cause it to drain faster?

by /u/PFthroaway in /r/askscience

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