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I tried right now which is march 20, 2007 and to tell u the truth it did not work. but i have one question did my teacher lie cause she said a long time ago she tried it and it worked does im not doin right its a lie she made up??????
I doubt she lied; it's possible to stand an egg on end any day of the year. My understanding of why this myth is perpetuated is because of "self-fulfilling prophecy"

People think it's only possible to stand an egg on end on this day, so on the equanox they will sit and try until they get it to stand. Any other day, they think it's impossible. So when it fails on the first attempt or two, they give up because they (falsely) "know" it's impossible to stand it on end if it's not the equanox.

That's my understanding from an article i read last year, anyway.