Brooms Standing Up By Themselves

Monday a twitter user posted footage of her broom standing on its own and said that was the only day it would be possible.

Brooms standing up by themselves.

Which means if you can get the bristles positioned like a tripod your broom will stand upright any day of the year. It also has nothing to do with the vernal equinox another day of the year when this magic supposedly happens. This is something that has sparked a lot of intrigue around the internet. Apparently it originated back in august of 2009 in prattville al when a woman saw her everyday average broom standing straight up.

10 it started an internet debate of why it was happening. While nasa didn t specifically say why brooms are able to stand up by themselves in this way cnn did provide a pretty in depth explanation as to why the seemingly magical phenomenon occurs. Brooms standing on their own defying gravity before our very eyes. 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.

When people started posting viral videos of themselves and others standing up their brooms on feb. Your friends are likely posting videos and pictures showing how they can make brooms stand up all by themselves. Some claimed it was simply because nasa said so while others cited the earth s gravitational pull on that date. Won t see many of these classic brooms standing up by themselves.

It has nothing to do with earth s gravitational pull on a certain day. The center of gravity is low on a broom and rests directly over the bristles. A viral tweet suggests that nasa said february 10 was the only day the standing.