It s an old tradition.
Brooms stand up equinox.
At the end of the day it was harmless.
You can stand your broom up on its own today because of the tilt of the earth today.
Straight angled synthetic and corn brooms all seem to be held into place on the big day affected by unknown forces upon the earth.
Neither do other planetary alignments.
Ground and watching in amazement as the eggs stand on end.
It has nothing to do with earth s gravitational pull on a certain day.
Second this is a good opportunity to explain the equinox.
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.
People stand up brooms on the day of the spring equinox.
Spring equinox irrelevant.
Social media the day of the spring equinox is often ablaze with images of people balancing their brooms.
Yes the broom stands up because of gravity but yesterday s gravity wasn t special or different.
For one thing the spring equinox which occurs every year in late march has nothing to do with brooms standing on end.
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.
All sorts of people and brooms got in on the fun.
It also has nothing to do with the vernal equinox another day of the year when this magic supposedly happens.
Nasa didn t say that a broom would stand up on a certain date but many people fell for it.
For example mercury venus mars jupiter and saturn aligned most recently in 2016 but astronomers say such events have negligible effects on earthly.
A special property of the equinox allows eggs or brooms to be balanced on their ends that day.