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== [[Real Life]] ==
* There's a persistent urban legend that that the rate of violent crime and hospital admissions is generally higher on nights of the full moon. One explanation of this is that the Moon affects the fluids in one's body just like it affects the ocean. [https://web.archive.org/web/20080516205610/http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a2_337.html It's not true], and pretty much all evidence of this can be chalked up to confirmation bias.
** On a subconscious, biological level, humans, being descended from potential prey animals, would [[Properly Paranoid|logically tend to be more anxious]] under conditions in which predators would find it easier to see us, such as during the full moon. Which would explain any peripheral freakiness - [[Truth in Television|such as anecdotal increases in agitation among sufferers of panic-anxiety and bipolar disorders]] - a ''lot'' better than, say, positive ions or tidal gravity.
* On June 15, 2011, there was a [[w:Hunter's Moon|Blood moon]] combined with a [http://www.watoday.com.au/wa-news/theres-a-blood-moon-on-the-rise-20110615-1g3js.html total lunar eclipse] - timed perfectly with [http://www.thestar.com/sports/hockey/article/1009755--vancouver-riots-i-m-ashamed-to-be-a-fan-right-now riots in Vancouver] when [[National Hockey League|the Canucks lost the Stanley Cup to the Bruins in a 0-4 upset.]] [[Conspiracy Theory|Coincidence?]]
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