Brooms Standing Up After Eclipse

Yesterday a tweet quickly went viral claiming that nasa declared february 10 the only day a broom can stand up on its own because of the gravitational pull cue a plethora of twitter users pulling off magic tricks in the middle of their kitchens by making a broom stand up by itself.

Brooms standing up after eclipse.

Claims that nasa said february 10 is the only day you could make a broom balance are completely false. Okay so nasa said today was the only day a broom can stand up on its own because of the gravitational pull twitter user mikaiylaaaaa wrote accompanying a video of herself balancing a broom. Tons of tweets and posts on facebook prove brooms and even eggs are standing. And no i don t have any ghosts in my house at least not any cleaning ghosts.

It s simply the latest resurgence of an old myth helped along on monday with a tweet purporting that nasa had proclaimed that feb. It also has nothing to do with the vernal equinox another day of the year when this magic supposedly happens. Broom stick standing up duration. The tweet which has received over 250 000 likes at the time of this post inspired thousands to upload their own videos of broom balancing acts.

If you ve already tried this rest assured that you re not alone. Take any flat bottomed broom it can be angled or straight with relatively stiff bristles and stand it up so that the bottom is flat on. It has nothing to do with the earth s gravitational pull on a certain day. 10 was the one and only day when a broom could stand up without.

Got home the day after the eclipse and the wife told me there was a bunch of photos on facebook of people standing brooms up due to something wonkie with the gravity. Millions of people seem to care more about standing up brooms than serious issues such as global warming and politics. Broomchallenge brooms nasa harry potter theme song ost. It has nothing to do with earth s gravitational pull on a certain day.

You just have to know the trick. Brooms are standing up on their own today. The gravitational pull was off balance because of the lunar eclipse last night. The broom standing up challenge has gone very very viral.

The same brooms standing on end today will stand on end a week from now a month from now or four months from now regardless of the positioning of the planets.