In today’s news of ‘the Internet doing weird stuff and making it go viral,’ we introduce to you: the #BroomChallenge.
Social media is the prime place for everyone to showcase the most bizzare finds and challenges – lest we forget the Mannequin Challenge, the Tide Pod Challenge (smh) and the Dolly Parton Challenge (which was actually pretty cute.) Honestly, we can’t keep up.
But today, household brooms are showing up all over Instagram and Twitter. Yep, *brooms*.
And if you didn’t think that sentence was weird enough, wait till you hear that the challenge was started by none other that…NASA. Yup, *NASA*.
Last Monday, tweets started circulating with claims that NASA said broomsticks will be able to stand up on February 10 because of the Earth’s gravitational pull on that day.
And ofc, people online believed it…
Thus, the #BroomChallenge was born. The entire challenge is just about testing out this scientific theory by seeing if you can balance your broom. It’s got the Internet so excited that even celebrities are joining in.
Don’t believe us? Scroll down to see some of the best tweets and reactions…
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
*Sees #broomstickchallenge trending* pic.twitter.com/ZZBO7cf2JZ
— Fandom (@getFANDOM) February 11, 2020
Everyone right now on my Twitter feed… #broomstickchallenge pic.twitter.com/AQRl65Rib4
— Matt Devitt (@MattDevittWINK) February 11, 2020
#broomchallenge pic.twitter.com/hWlVnEBdK9
— JARED LETO (@JaredLeto) February 12, 2020
Pajama broom challenge What are you doing on a Monday Night?! #broomchallenge pic.twitter.com/1DU7q9bZp4
— Paula Abdul (@PaulaAbdul) February 11, 2020
Dj khaled acting like he learnt the word theory of the first time in his life #broomchallenge #djkhaled pic.twitter.com/2LQOPa6uY3
— nafeesa | نفيسة (@NaFifa17) February 11, 2020
So DJ Khaled really loves the word ‘theory’…this is too funny.
I have a thai broom. It does not balance https://t.co/ZPS8zQXrbd
— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) February 11, 2020
So my mom just texted my brother, sister and I that according to NASA today is the only day your broom can stand on its own because of the gravitational pull and I- pic.twitter.com/bx0tJr0fXf
— Lauren Jauregui (@LaurenJauregui) February 11, 2020
Y’all doing the broom challenge on floors that need to be swept is hilarious.
— Joe Budden (@JoeBudden) February 11, 2020
Oh great, someone decided to do a Valentine’s Day edition of the challenge…
I ain’t a broom but I’ll stand by you #broomchallenge pic.twitter.com/w0kvg9dWCN
— runo Larz (@larzagna_) February 12, 2020
*Cosmo has left the chat*