I thought to myself the other day why does roller derby always skate counter-clockwise. Upon this, I began realizing that this follows an ongoing anomaly in counter-clockwise events. For instance: track and field races, horse races, dog races, NASCAR races, Olympic speed skating, normal flow of roller skating and ice skating rinks, baseball, normal flow of hula hooping, and revolving doors, carousels, etc. all move in a counter clock-wise fashion. Why not clock-wise? Is there some indication as to why? I must know; I learned at a very young age from G.I. Joe that knowing is half the battle. I did a Google search only to find a half dozen other jackasses like myself have pondered this same question, no one really had a good answer. Answers vary from Right-handed vs. left-handed, Coriolis Effect, because I said so (my mom’s favorite answer), to Ancient Rome excuses, anybody got any better ones?

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