February 11, 2020, 3:38 PMSTOCK/Getty Imagessweeping the internet has had everyone from celebrities to parents testing out the basic laws of physics with a simple household tool.
Many people took to social media to try their hand at the #broomchallenge that requires a standard-angled broom to stand upright on its bristles without assistance. The catch? Most people believed it had something to do with the Earth's gravitational pull after a viral tweet suggested that NASA said as much."This is another social media hoax that exemplifies how quickly pseudoscience and false claims can go viral," NASA communications spokeswoman Karen Northon told ABC News.
Brooms have a low center of gravity and the ability to balance on their bristles is not something new.One teacher even used the moment to explain the science to her class.
Cant wait for spring. The high is 15°F on friday.😨
How is this a hoax Seriously ABC?
So this is why my social media feed was filled with pics of brooms! 🤦♂️
The real voodoo is that this gets men to actually touch a broom once per year.
Looks cool but any newer broom of that type will do it ...
The hoax is that it only works one day a year
Thank you for leading by calling this a HOAX!
Just renewing our oath... realDonaldTrump
More importantly my granddaughter who is crazy about NASA thought it was really cool and learned about gravitational pull in a fun way!
A whisk broom...really.🙄
I'm guessing the people who excitedly stood their broom up, snapped a pic, and labled it science also voted for Trump.
The people that believed this are just not intelligent people. Does anyone know how low the center of gravity is on a broom?
My daughter did that last night and it worked weird
Still nothing on Epstein
Not a hoax my broom stood up!!