Try Balancing An Egg On Its End

Some people believe that the Sun's gravitational pull during the spring and fall equinoxes can help keep an egg standing on its end. You might try that today as we tilt into spring.

The balancing egg trick is often demonstrated at El Mitad del Mundo, a monument in Ecuador that celebrates the imaginary line that divides the Earth's Northern and Southern hemispheres. However, the true location of the equator is a couple hundred meters down the road.

However, this idea is not science and there is no gravitational change during the equinox that would help an egg balance. In fact, eggs can balance anywhere at any time of year. The egg-balancing trick is an old idea and it has no connection to the gravitational force of the moon or sun.

Here is a nice simple explanation of the equinox and the egg.