Episode #147 -- Balancing Eggs on the Equinox

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DATE : Thu, 19 Mar 2009 06:31:00 GMT
Entered in Database : 2009-03-19 06:31:00
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Thursday, March 19, 2009. Twenty years ago today, the New York Times printed an article about the practice of balancing eggs on their ends on the occasion of the spring equinox.  I look at the idea that you can only balance an egg on its end on the equinox -- which is a folktale -- as well as the idea of urban legends in general.

This episode was inspired in large part by a well known article on the Bad Astronomy website.  My favorite reference site for rumors and urban legends is Snopes.com.

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