Brooms Standing Up Alone

The truth is the idea of a broom standing up by itself because of the earth s gravitational pull is nothing new.

Brooms standing up alone.

Getting a broom to stand alone has nothing to do with the date on the calendar in case you were sucked in by the original tweet. 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. There was a cnn news clip from 2012 that actually dispelled the notion altogether since there is also a theory that the spring equinox causes the same effect as people claimed the elusive feb. If you ve already tried this rest assured that you re not alone.

The bristles are soft enough to spread out a bit at the contact point with the floor and provide a stable base to support the handle and allow the broom to balance. It s just a matter of fanning out the bristles like a tripod and. The broom can stand by itself because the center of gravity is directly above the edge on which it balances. It has nothing to do with earth s gravitational pull on a certain day.