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Day: September 7, 2017

Lunacies

Posted on 2017-09-072023-01-06 by Allison J. Gong

For several centuries now, Earth’s only natural satellite has been associated with odd or unusual behavior. Lunatics were people we would describe today as mentally ill, who behaved in ways that couldn’t be predicted and might be dangerous. The erratic behaviors were attributed to the vague condition of lunacy. These words are derived from the…

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