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The broom challenge may be sweeping the nation, but it’s not actually as cool as you think

The internet loves a viral challenge, doesn’t it?

The #BroomStickChallenge appears to be the first major one to strike in 2020. A video on Twitter went viral on Monday showing a person making a broom stand up on its own, claiming NASA said it was the only day anyone could do this because of a strange phenomenon involving the earth’s gravitational pull.

Okay so NASA said today was the only day a broom can stand up on its own because of the gravitational pull…I didn’t believe it at first but OMG! 😭😭😭😭😭 pic.twitter.com/M0HCeemyGt

— mk (@mikaiylaaaaa) February 10, 2020

The replies were flooded with other users posting their own broom challenge videos, along with plenty of bemusement at the brooms all standing without any interference. Read more…

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