Fifty things about the full moon that I bet you never knew
Thanks to Geek Dad I bring you some full moon facts like:
21 Scientists have long battled to explain the “moon illusion” – whereby the full moon appears to be larger the closer it is to the horizon. The phenomenon is understood to be caused by human perception rather than the magnifying effect of the earth’s atmosphere.
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15 According to superstition a male child is more likely to be conceived at full moon.
countered by:
35 An analysis of the birthdays of 4,256 babies born in a clinic in France found no relationship between the full moon and fertility.
The next full moon is June 30th so, get ready for werewolves, binge drinking, and all the other things related to general lunacy.
On a side note, when I did a lot of gardening I did some reading about when to sow seeds, and it seem that if I planted just before the full moon, the seeds sprouted faster. The theory is that the increased gravitational pull from the moon helps the seed to sprout.
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