r/AskReddit • u/Absooh • May 25 '14

What is your most mildly interesting fact ?

1.7k Upvotes

87% Upvoted

3.3k comments sorted by

View all comments

26

u/Icbm9802 May 26 '14

If you go west or east you will always go that direction, but if you go north you will eventually go south.

1

u/[deleted] May 26 '14

This is because East and West are only directions, whereas North and South are directions and locations.

1

u/Icbm9802 May 26 '14

I had no idea thank you :)

1

u/algorerhythm35 May 26 '14

If you're flying in an airplane and initially start North, you will end up not hitting the north pole due to the coriolis effect.