This beautiful but mysterious ball of stone has enthralled mankind since its evolution. The distant crystal orb has huge appeal in it owing majorly to its mystery. The world of fiction starts from this and also ends on this.
Here are a few facts regarding the moon that would astonish you.
The word ‘lunatic’ evolved from moon sickness
In old time various abnormal behaviors were associated with moon and were generally called as moon sickness. Scientists and philosophers believed at that time that full moon caused seizures and fever. Those who suffered from these illnesses were called lunatics which means literally, ‘moon sick’.
The moon is moving away
Every year, the moon moves four centimeters away from the Earth which implies that in 500 million years the moon will be 14,600 away from the location it holds now.
There are fresh footprints on the moon
Man had arrived moon more than four decades ago. But still the fresh footprints remain, this may imply for you that aliens live there. But actually they are the foot prints of astronomers who had arrived there first. The moon holds no wind or water on its surface due to which the footprints can be there for millions of years.
Full moon can keep you awake
According to a study conducted in Switzerland, those who are closes to the full moon cannot experience a long period of deep sleep. They take extra five minutes to go to sleep than those who are away from moon.
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