Read the article, they pretty much said it has nothing to do with the eclipse of the moon.

Read the article, the students were not the one making the claim.

Better yet, are there any source of information that support this in the first place?

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Added on February 10, 2012, 7:34 amBased on this-http://www.badastronomy.com/bad/misc/egg_history.html, seems that Lap Chun and the equinox event maybe related and equally wrong.

Actually you have to prove that it is true, not the other way around. Is there an actual study that says that this can only happen during that day?

As far as I can tell, eggs are not ferromagnetic.

But that does not make the egg ferromagnetic.

Yes it does make a difference. I would love to see someone balance an egg on the pointed end.

Not only did they get eggs to balance, but they got them to balance on their short ends! This is a feat I have never been able to reproduce. For proof, they sent me images of their eggs, which I present here. Note that the eggs are indeed standing on their short ends. Incidentally, Ms. Vincent told me the eggs remained standing for over a month. Usually a random vibration would knock an egg over, but in the image it looks to me like they were standing on a standard high school chemistry class work table and sink, which are designed to be very sturdy. That was a good choice!

That's amazing. I would have thought it impossible. Same as the author of the website himself.
Never mind one month. Getting it to stand for 1 minute on the pointed end is amazing in itself.

As for one month, perhaps they covered it with a transparent box. Or there are just a few extra tables that students do not sit at (like I observe in most school labs), especially those at the side of the room.

The eggs look all white. And the shape is not like the chicken eggs we normally see. Perhaps they're using duck eggs intead of chicken eggs. But it could be just the whitebalance on the camera.

There's still the possibility of cheating. I might try it myself later.

I've tried it. It took about 5 minutes.

I cannot get the egg to balance on the pointed end *AT ALL*.

But I don't really have the patience to do this. Not even on the round end. I took that pix after I gave up. But how do you explain the pic? Guess how I cheated.