That urban legend is false of course i have a suspicion that the person asking this question has heard a similar urban.
Brooms standing up during eclipse.
And no i don t have any ghosts in my house at least not any cleaning ghosts.
Well apparently it s happening all over.
Standing an egg on its end is something that can be done any day of the year but most people never try it on any day other than the equinox.
Brooms are standing up on their own today.
A viral tweet claims nasa says the earth s gravitational pull causes brooms to stand up straight for one day only but experts say this trick works any day of the year.
The broom trick is a variation on the egg trick the supposed phenomenon of raw eggs standing on end during and only during an equinox a date on which the plane of earth s equator passes through the center of the sun and the earth and sun are aligned such that day and night are of equal length.
It has nothing to do with earth s gravitational pull on a certain day.
As the woman watches the broom stand up on its own she yells no strings nothing.
Tons of tweets and posts on facebook prove brooms and even eggs are standing.
How does a stick stand during a lunar eclipse.
There is an urban legend that a broom will stand by itself during an equinox.
So why is this happening.
The reason your brooms are standing on end is because of the equinox it happens twice a year this is when the earths axis lines up with the suns making a straight line basically causing gravity to be messed up and in a few places and items things can stand on end you can also do it with eggs not just brooms they will stand on the.
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