Brooms Standing Up By Themselves

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 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. Won t see many of these classic brooms standing up by themselves. This is something that has sparked a lot of intrigue around the internet. 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.

It also has nothing to do with the vernal equinox another day of the year when this magic supposedly happens. However brooms can stand up by themselves if they are balanced right according to cbs 2. It has nothing to do with earth s gravitational pull on a certain day. Apparently it originated back in august of 2009 in prattville al when a woman saw her everyday average broom standing straight up.

A viral tweet suggests that nasa said february 10 was the only day the standing. Some claimed it was simply because nasa said so while others cited the earth s gravitational pull on that date. And the wildest thing is that no one had quite the same answer. Which means if you can get the bristles positioned like a tripod your broom will stand upright any day of the year.

If you ve already tried this rest assured that you re not alone. The center of gravity is low on a broom and rests directly over the bristles. When people started posting viral videos of themselves and others standing up their brooms on feb.