Today's the first full day of spring, which brings back memories for me.

I remember in 6th grade my science teacher, Mrs. Hollaway, told the class, "Hey today's the first day of the vernal equinox. Everything is in equilibrium so if you hurry home you can try a neat trick. At exactly 6:45, you’ll be able to stand an egg straight up and it will not fall over.”

I was instantly curious. I thought to myself, “no way this can be true.” But I went home and gave it a shot anyway.

I remember standing at the kitchen counter watching the time tick towards 6:45. As soon as the clock hit a quarter to 7, I stood the egg up…and watched it fall. I tried again…and it fell over again. I figured I had a good 30 seconds left before the “official” equinox was over. I decided to give it one last shot. I took the egg, and stood it up once again on the flat, ceramic tabletop. To my surprise, and utter amazement, the egg stayed put, standing upright and not moving an inch. All I could think was "wow."

From that day forth, I’ve been more than convinced that you could only balance an egg on the first day of spring. For 17 years I’ve been confidently telling everyone I know that this was true.

So you can image my level of disappointment when I saw this:

ARTICLE: Spring Egg-Balancing Myth

What? It’s all a myth. Are you kidding me? I feel like the dumbest, most gullible person on the planet!!!

Okay now that I’m done venting, I have to admit that the egg balancing myth is a very good urban legend. Had me fooled for 17 years. While we’re at it, here are a few more weather-related myths you can take a look at.

I know I’m not the only one who’s tried this experiment so if you’ve done it, leave a comment and tell me what you think. Or if you’ve ever been completely fooled by something for years, you can let us know about that too.

-KD