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Why is January's Full Moon is named after a wolf?

It's a cruel reality that, just when the night air turns coldest, the night sky is at its brightest. But why? We have the answer!

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Since the beginning of time, the Moon has held a mystical fascination for mankind, and gets blamed for a lot of crazy things happening. How many of these legends about the Moon have you heard?