At the end of the day it was harmless.
Brooms stand up equinox.
All sorts of people and brooms got in on the fun.
Neither do other planetary alignments.
It has nothing to do with earth s gravitational pull on a certain day.
Spring equinox irrelevant.
It s an old tradition.
Nasa didn t say that a broom would stand up on a certain date but many people fell for it.
People stand up brooms on the day of the spring equinox.
Yes the broom stands up because of gravity but yesterday s gravity wasn t special or different.
Nasa said today was the only day a broom can stand up on its own because of the gravitational pull posted a twitter user in the us on monday in footage which has been viewed millions of times.
Popped up as a subject discussed.
On february 10 2020 memes and posts about a broomchallenge began circulating around facebook claiming that an arcane gravitational anomaly usually chalked up to being caused by a planetary alignment or the vernal equinox enabled people to stand brooms on end without tipping over.
You can stand your broom up on its own today because of the tilt of the earth today.
This isn t the first time claims have spread online that nasa said brooms can stand up on their own on the spring or vernal equinox.
A special property of the equinox allows eggs or brooms to be balanced on their ends that day.
Social media the day of the spring equinox is often ablaze with images of people balancing their brooms.
The spring equinox is the moment when the sun crosses the equator on its way north signaling the end of winter in the northern hemisphere and the start of it in the southern hemisphere.
Ground and watching in amazement as the eggs stand on end.
Second this is a good opportunity to explain the equinox.
Straight angled synthetic and corn brooms all seem to be held into place on the big day affected by unknown forces upon the earth.