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Episode #147 -- Balancing Eggs on the Equinox
It Was 20 Years Ago Today
English - March 19, 2009 06:31 - 5 minutes - 4.92 MB - ★★★★ - 2 ratingsHistory News Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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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.