Maybe there is something to it after all?
And perhaps we should all be alert when a full moon falls on a payday?
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UK -- Police in Brighton are to put on extra patrols on nights when there is a full moon to combat an increase in violence.
It follows research by the Sussex force which concluded there was a rise in violent incidents when the moon was full - and also on paydays.
A spokeswoman for Sussex Police said: "Research carried out by us has shown a correlation between violent incidents and full moons. From my experience, over 19 years of being a police officer, undoubtedly on full moons, we do seem to get people with, sort of, stranger behaviour - more fractious, argumentative."
Past research into the phenomenon includes a study by Professor Michal Zimecki, of the Polish Academy of Sciences, who argued that a full moon could affect criminal activity and health.
In 1998, a three-month psychological study of 1,200 inmates at Armley jail in Leeds discovered a rise in violent incidents during the days either side of a full moon.
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