The same science works with eggs - the longer an egg stands upright, the yoke will settle on the bottom and lower the egg's center of gravity and allow it to stand upright.īut it's still a fun challenge - and dozens of people tried it out Monday. The center of gravity is quite low on a broom, which means anyone can make a broom stand up if they try hard enough - any day of the year. The 'Broom Challenge' came from a viral tweet that claimed NASA had said Monday was the only day a broom could stand on its own because of the Earth’s gravitational pull. The basis of the #BroomChallenge was likely along the same lines as the #EggChallenge. The "challenge" has nothing to do with the gravitational pull of the Earth or anything tied to a certain day of the year or century. The truth is, anyone can make a broom stand up on its own today, tomorrow or any day of the year. While the alleged NASA tweet doesn't exist, the broom challenge isn't entirely a lie. Social media was inundated on Monday with posts about the #BroomChallenge that contained an alleged post for NASA claiming that Februwas the only day a broomstick would be able to stand on its own because of something to do with "gravitational pull." Thousands of people have posted videos and pictures of themselves balancing their brooms for the challenge, which has thousands of posts and millions of videos on Twitter, TikTok and other social media platforms.Ĭelebrities like Paula Abdul, Ally Brooke, rapper Future posted a picture of the challenge, while sports teams like Miami Heat and the Milwaukee Bucks had some fun with it too.A new challenge is sweeping the internet, The video shows astronaut Alvin Drew making the broom stand up on its own. On February 11, NASA shared a video of an astronaut attempting the broomstick challenge. You can make a broom balance on any day of the year and not just February 10. “If you set the egg up long enough, the yolk will come down to the bottom of the egg and that will be your center of gravity down there.” However, it turned out that the claim was false. Myers said the same thing happens with eggs. That causes the broom to stand up on its own. He showed a couple of brooms on air and noted where just about the bristles is where the broom's center of gravity is located.
“If you go buy a broom, and you stand it up on its own, all it is is about balance,” he said at the time.
NASA hasn't posted anything including such information, and, according to science, a broom standing up on its own could happen every day.ĬNN Meteorologist Chad Myers explained why brooms can “magically” stand up on their own in 2012, which was another time the “broom challenge” hit the internet. One tweet, with more than 50,000 retweets even alleges it was NASA that says “today was the only day a broom can stand up on its own because of the gravitational pull.” Some posts online claim this is because the planets are aligned, others claim it’s because of the spring equinox, which is more than a month away. The “challenge" includes people posting photos and videos of typical bristle brooms standing upright by themselves, and was said to work only yesterday - because of Earth’s gravitational pull. A CRAZE called the “Broom Challenge” - in which people get their brooms to stand up straight and on their own - is sweeping social media.
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