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James Madison Could Have Been the 4th President to Die on the 4th

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,Sure, you may already know that James Madison was the 4th American president, but did you know that he was also the 4th American president...to die...on the 4th of July? Ok, well...almost. Produced by Matt Beat. Sources/further reading: https://www.ploddingthroughthepresidents.com/2016/07/died-on-fourth-of-july-almost.html Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmYesELO6axBrCuSpf7S9DQ/join For business inquiries or to send snail mail to Mr. Beat: https://www.iammrbeat.com/contact.html https://www.youtube.com/c/iammrbeat/about How to support and donate to my channel: Subscribe to @iammrbeat & hit the notification bell ? Join for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/iammrbeat Cameo: https://www.cameo.com/iammrbeat Subscribe to my second channel: The Beat Goes On Patreon for The Beat Goes On: https://www.patreon.com/thebeatgoeson Connect with me: Links: https://linktr.ee/iammrbeat Website: https://www.iammrbeat.com/ Podcast: https://anchor.fm/thebeatpod Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ @beatmastermatt on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Beatcord: https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@iammrbeat Merch: https://matt-beat-shop.fourthwall.com/ https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ Affiliate Links: Useful Charts: https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 Fourthwall: https://link.fourthwall.com/MrBeat StreamYard: https://streamyard.com/pal/d/5272340869152768 James Madison was the 4th president of the United States But he also could have been the 4th president to die on the 4th! John Adams, the second American president, and Thomas Jefferson, the third American president, died on the same day- July 4th, 1826. Which is pretty cool not only because that’s the day Americans celebrate as the BIRTHDAY of the United States but it was specifically the 50th birthday of the country. Less people know that James Monroe, the FIFTH American president, ALSO died on July 4. July 4, 1831…exactly five years after Adams and Jefferson died. And ya know what? Doctors thought it’d be cool if Madison died on the Fourth of July, too. I’m not joking. In June 1836, when Madison was sick and old, his doctors offered to give him stimulants to keep him alive until the 60th birthday of the country, but Madison turned them down. Instead, Madison broke tradition and died on June 28th.

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The Full House House Is For Sale

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,Look, ain't no way Danny Turner be able to afford the Full House house. Just sayin'. Produced by Matt Beat. #fullhouse #fullerhouse #sanfrancisco Sources/further reading: https://www.cnbc.com/2024/06/13/look-inside-full-house-home-is-on-the-market-for-6point5-million.html https://sfstandard.com/2024/06/20/full-house-home-for-sale-see-inside/ https://www.coldwellbankerhomes.com/ca/san-francisco/1709-broderick-st/pid_59793989/ https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/full-house-could-danny-tanner-really-afford-prime-san-francisco-real-estate.html/ Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmYesELO6axBrCuSpf7S9DQ/join For business inquiries or to send snail mail to Mr. Beat: https://www.iammrbeat.com/contact.html https://www.youtube.com/c/iammrbeat/about How to support and donate to my channel: Subscribe to @iammrbeat & hit the notification bell ? Join for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/iammrbeat Cameo: https://www.cameo.com/iammrbeat Subscribe to my second channel: The Beat Goes On Patreon for The Beat Goes On: https://www.patreon.com/thebeatgoeson Connect with me: Links: https://linktr.ee/iammrbeat Website: https://www.iammrbeat.com/ Podcast: https://anchor.fm/thebeatpod Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ @beatmastermatt on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Beatcord: https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@iammrbeat Merch: https://matt-beat-shop.fourthwall.com/ https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ Affiliate Links: Useful Charts: https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 Fourthwall: https://link.fourthwall.com/MrBeat StreamYard: https://streamyard.com/pal/d/5272340869152768 The Full House...House is up for sale Yep, THIS house, the one featured in the hit sitcom Full House and the sequel series Fuller House. Located in San Francisco’s Lower Pacific Heights neighborhood. As you could imagine, it’s been a popular tourist attraction for fans of the shows. Believe it or not, the creator of those shows, Jeff Franklin, owned it for a few years to preserve it for fans. If YOU wanna buy the 3,700 square-foot, 124-year old house, you get the option of buying handprints cast in concrete from members of the cast. Now, you probably know that San Francisco is one of the world’s most expensive cities to live in. When Full House first aired in 1987, the house was likely worth at least $450,000. In 2016, when Fuller House first aired, Franklin bought it for $4 million. What’s it being sold for today? $6.5 million. I just don’t think Danny Tanner would have been able to afford it today.

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Every U.S. President's Favorite U.S. President

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,?Remove your personal information from the web at http://JoinDeleteMe.com/mrbeat and use code MRBEAT for 20% off US consumer plans ? DeleteMe International Plans: https://international.joindeleteme.com Mr. Beat looks at the favorite American president of every American president of every American president of every American president. Thanks for reading the description you lovable dork. This was produced by Matt Beat and Beat Productions, LLC. All images and video by Matt Beat, Shannon Beat, used under fair use guidelines, or found in the public domain. Music by @ElectricNeedleRoom(Mr. Beat's band), NoMBe, and Dyalla. Creative commons credits: Otherspice Related videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RaAP3SBKNfM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpLlZJCo4bs&list=PLHtE7NbaKRedT4nyR4nitR4OqKL1_NQMb Here's an annotated script with footnotes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/12WyQuf9XFHKt0YQLpZGDVdbu_-FoMe77XIOINoeK5kA/edit?usp=sharing Sources/further reading: https://www.westernjournal.com/photos-oval-office-designs-past-14-presidents/ https://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/17/lincoln.obsession/index.html#:~:text=At%20his%20presidential%20acceptance%20speech,affection%2C'%20%22%20Obama%20said. https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/59186/favorite-us-presidents-8-us-presidents https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2021/03/24/joe-biden-first-news-conference-presidential-test-column/6964568002/ https://www.mountvernon.org/george-washington/the-first-president/washington-jefferson-madison/ https://www.reddit.com/r/Presidents/comments/17og9if/whos_your_favorite_presidents_favorite_president/ https://www.sj-r.com/story/special/special-sections/2017/03/16/william-henry-harrison/21959671007/ Meacham, Jon (2015). Destiny and Power: The American Odyssey of George Herbert Walker Bush. Random House. ISBN 978-1-4000-6765-7. Trefousse, Hans L. (1989). Andrew Johnson: A Biography. New York: W.W. Norton & Company. ISBN 978-0-393-31742-8. https://www.c-span.org/video/?312614-1/gerald-r-ford-interview https://books.google.com/books?id=vk88AAAAIAAJ&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q&f=false https://www.aspire-doors.co.uk/blog/how-the-last-6-presidents-have-decorated-the-oval-office https://www.nps.gov/nama/presidential-connection.htm Check out Mr. Beat's book, The Ultimate American Presidential Election Book: Every Presidential Election in American History (1788-2020): https://amzn.to/3aYiqwI Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmYesELO6axBrCuSpf7S9DQ/join For business inquiries or to send snail mail to Mr. Beat: https://www.iammrbeat.com/contact.html https://www.youtube.com/c/iammrbeat/about How to support and donate to my channel: Subscribe to @iammrbeat & hit the notification bell ? Join for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/iammrbeat Cameo: https://www.cameo.com/iammrbeat Subscribe to my second channel: The Beat Goes On Patreon for The Beat Goes On: https://www.patreon.com/thebeatgoeson Connect with me: Links: https://linktr.ee/iammrbeat Website: https://www.iammrbeat.com/ Podcast: https://anchor.fm/thebeatpod Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ @beatmastermatt on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Beatcord: https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@iammrbeat Merch: https://matt-beat-shop.fourthwall.com/ https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ Affiliate Links: Useful Charts: https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 Fourthwall: https://link.fourthwall.com/MrBeat StreamYard: https://streamyard.com/pal/d/5272340869152768 #presidents #ushistory #uspolitics Correction: 23:21 It has been brought to my attention that, despite him indeed loving JFK, Bill Clinton's favorite two presidents are actually FDR and Lincoln.

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When A Dude Sued His Friend to Steal Native American Land | Fletcher v. Peck

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,In episode 79 of Supreme Court Briefs, two dudes start a conspiracy to make real estate money by tricking the Supreme Court and end up changing federalism and contract law in the United States forever. Did you know that I wrote a book about the Supreme Court? Well, I did: https://amzn.to/4eex2Xt Here is the audiobook version: https://amzn.to/3tr6dgl My entire Supreme Court Briefs playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHtE7NbaKRef-x3QBDpwvJsr6i1Z3I6TN&si=FTRis9dXIyCIBi-C Produced by Matt Beat and Beat Productions, LLC. All images/video by Matt Beat, found in the public domain, or used under fair use guidelines. Music by Otis McDonald. Creative commons credits: Bubba73 Here's an annotated script with footnotes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1H5insz6-Krmik-98m66lBcmBnFP8PPZcoBspHFzVCi0/edit?usp=sharing Check out cool primary sources here: https://www.oyez.org/cases/1789-1850/10us87 Sources/further reading: https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/10/87/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fletcher_v._Peck https://civics.supremecourthistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Fletcher-v.-Peck.pdf https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/yazoo-land-fraud/ https://supremecourthistory.org/supreme-court-civics-resources/fletcher-v-peck-1810/ Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmYesELO6axBrCuSpf7S9DQ/join For business inquiries or to send snail mail to Mr. Beat: https://www.iammrbeat.com/contact.html https://www.youtube.com/c/iammrbeat/about How to support and donate to my channel: Subscribe to @iammrbeat & hit the notification bell ? Join for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/iammrbeat Cameo: https://www.cameo.com/iammrbeat Subscribe to my second channel: The Beat Goes On Patreon for The Beat Goes On: https://www.patreon.com/thebeatgoeson Connect with me: Links: https://linktr.ee/iammrbeat Website: https://www.iammrbeat.com/ Podcast: https://anchor.fm/thebeatpod Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ @beatmastermatt on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Beatcord: https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@iammrbeat Merch: https://matt-beat-shop.fourthwall.com/ https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ Affiliate Links: Useful Charts: https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 Fourthwall: https://link.fourthwall.com/MrBeat StreamYard: https://streamyard.com/pal/d/5272340869152768 #ushistory #supremecourt #apgovt Fletcher v. Peck was the first case in which the Supreme Court ruled a state law was unconstitutional. The decision also established a strong precedent for the importance of contracts. More specifically, the decision further cemented the protection of property rights. Over the next several decades, it established a big obstacle for the state regulation of private companies. Unfortunately, the decision also introduced another precedent- Native Americans did not hold the complete title to their own lands. And so who won the case Fletcher v. Peck? Fletcher AND Peck. Oh snap. I’ll see you for the next Supreme Court case, jury!

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What Are Mr. Beat's Political Views?

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The American Presidential Election of 2020

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,The Ultimate American Presidential Election Book: Every Presidential Election in American History (1788-2020), is now available! https://amzn.to/3aYiqwI Produced by Matt Beat. All images/video by Matt Beat, found in the public domain, or used under fair use guidelines. Additional footage by @J.J. McCullough The 59th episode in a very long series about the American presidential elections from 1788 to the present. In the crazy 2020 election, the country struggles through a pandemic and the worst division its seen since the Civil War. #mrbeat #presidentialelectionsinamericanhistory #elections Creative commons credits: Gage Skidmore (The Legend) Matt Johnson Christopher Michel Marc Nozell David Oks Lorie Shaull Tyler Merbler Sources/further reading: https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/ https://www.270towin.com/2020-election-results-live/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_United_States_presidential_election https://apnews.com/article/election-2020-joe-biden-donald-trump-politics-media-1bf96bf3910bdcbe0f125958357c8f1a http://www.electproject.org/2020g Snail mail Mr. Beat: PO Box 1982 Lawrence, KS 66044 Donate to Mr. Beat for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Buy Mr. Beat's book, The Ultimate American Presidential Election Book: Every Presidential Election in American History (1788-2020) https://amzn.to/3b0fIpv Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat T-shirts, coffee mugs, etc.: https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ More merch: https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.us Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's Discord server: https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt Mr. Beat's Podcast: https://www.jobsoletepod.com/ Mr. Beat favorites: POP! Icons: George Washington https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jrb/ Useful Charts: https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 Recommended books: Republic, Lost by Lawrence Lessing https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jul/ Truman by David McCullough https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jwc/ Studio equipment: Canon EOS M50 Camera EF-M 15-45mm Lens https://amzn.to/3dcNPen Samtian LED Video Light Kit https://amzn.to/3llDwHO TroyStudio Acoustic Panel https://amzn.to/33CkqHn Blue Snowball iCE USB Mic https://amzn.to/2GseOHa I use MagicLinks for all my ready-to-shop product links. Check it out here: https://www.magiclinks.com/rewards/referral/mrbeat/ FTC Disclosure: This post or video contains affiliate links, which means I may receive a commission for purchases made through my links

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Political Spectrums Explained — Why is there a left wing and right wing?

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,Mr. Beat and Mr. Barris explain political spectrums and why the whole left versus right paradigm does more harm than good. Be sure to subscribe to This is Barris! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfveSKkxngPNNHLoDhqjaOg Thanks again to Mr. Barris for helping me make this video! Have an idea for a video Mr. Beat should do? Your idea gets picked when you donate on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat T-shirts, coffee mugs, etc.: https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat/ Mr. Beat's Discord server: https://discord.gg/waK44fH Produced by Matt Beat. All images by Matt Beat, found in the public domain, or used under fair use guidelines. Music by Electric Needle Room (Mr. Beat's band). Electric Needle Room's new children's album, "Just Kidding Around:" Bandcamp: https://tinyurl.com/yyf65v47 Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/y5ayqjhn YouTube: https://tinyurl.com/y374maup Apple: https://tinyurl.com/y6rjckls Amazon: https://tinyurl.com/y5ukdrnf #politics #leftwing #rightwing Sources/further reading: https://time.com/5673239/left-right-politics-origins/ https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2014/06/the-left-right-political-spectrum-is-bogus/373139/ https://unionwatch.org/avoiding-the-oversimplifications-of-right-wing-vs-left-wing/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_spectrum http://www.rationalrevolution.net/articles/redefining_the_political_spectru.htm https://www.politicalcompass.org/ What do people mean when they say that they are “right wing” or “left wing” or on The Right or The Left? Well, the whole left vs. right political spectrum started during the French Revolution. For more about this, I’m going to send you to Barris, from the channel This is Barris! So HERE is Barris. Thank you for having me over Mr. Beat! To discover the origins of the left v right paradigm, one must go as far as 1789 with the creation of the National Constituent Assembly, whose main task was to create a constitution. Now, while France is proudly republican today and any trace of royalty has long been guillotined away, that wasn’t always the case and a large portion of the population supported the King, or at least those who represented that population. As such when on November 11th, 1789, the assembly had to vote on whether the constitution would grant the King an absolute veto or a partial veto, those who favored an absolute veto were asked to sit on the right of the President of the Assembly and those who favored a partial veto, which was the more radical position, were asked to sit on the President of the Assembly. This wasn’t done symbolically but… to make the vote count easier for the President of the Assembly who felt a bit overwhelmed by the 1,500 deputies. And just like that, France started this idea of change vs tradition, of liberalism vs conservatism which still shapes the political landscape to this day! It would take another century before the left vs right spectrum became popular outside of France. In the beginning of the 20th century, as revolutions were sprouting across the world, the press and academics needed a quick way to categorize the different ideologies that were fighting each other, especially as these ideologies, both left and right, became increasingly radical. For example, the Bolsheviks, who loved anything related to the French revolution, immediately embraced the leftwing v rightwing spectrum but used themselves as the center. In England, however, it took longer to become popular and books only started referencing it in the late 1920s. Adoption in the US was just as slow but eventually, as partisanship increased in the 1960s during the civil rights movement, the idea of a left vs right political spectrum cemented along the beliefs of both parties. Well, often the political spectrum looks something like this. On the left side of politics, you tend to see ideas like liberty, equality (aka egalitarianism), progress, and internationalism. On the right side of politics, you tend to see ideas like authority, hierarchy, tradition, and nationalism. On the left, you often see reform, while on the right, you often see reaction. Those on the left tend to want MORE government involvement to make society better. They want it more top down, while those on the right tend to want LESS government involvement to make society better. They want it bottom up. Ideas on the left are often called “liberal” and ideas on the right are often called “conservative.”

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Did We Really Land on the Moon?

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,Did we really land on the moon? Mr. Beat examines the main reasons why people think the moon landings were faked. And this is his first official collaboration with Keith Hughes! Check out Keith's video here about the race to the moon here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22TsmogTo60&feature=youtu.be Subscribe to Keith here: https://www.youtube.com/user/hughesDV Want a video about a certain topic covered? Your idea gets picked when you donate $2 a video on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Yes, we landed on the moon, but it’s been almost 45 years since we’ve been back there. Heck, it’s been almost 45 years since we went beyond low Earth orbit. And when I say “we,” I mean the United States. Only 12 humans have ever walked on the surface of the moon, all of them men, and all of them American. The last two to be there were Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt. That was in December of 1972, of the Apollo 17 mission. It’s easy to understand why people would be skeptical. Skeptics often point to the motive for wanting to fake the whole thing. The race to the moon was part of the Space Race, during a particularly tense time during the Cold War. The United States and Soviet Union were battling it out to get there first. Skeptics say the United States would have wanted to fake it to show they won the Space Race even if they knew it actually wasn’t possible to go. The Soviet Union had epically failed to ever get even near the moon, so they argue it seems suspicious that the United States able to land men safely on the moon six times in 3 and a half years, yet never do so since. Was this just a publicity stunt, faked in order to strongly discourage the Soviet Union and give the United States a huge advantage in the Cold War while saving its lots of money? But how could this hoax be pulled off? Skeptics argue the technology did exist to recreate a fake mooning landing in a film studio. Sure, they argue the astronauts really did take off into space, but they likely just orbited the earth for several days before landing back on Earth, while faked footage was distributed to the masses. But what evidence do that have of the moon landings being faked? For the rest of this video, I will first give you evidence that creates doubt, then give you NASA’s response, and then give you my conclusion. The first thing that causes doubt is the footage showing the American flag on the moon waving. Skeptics say the flag waving shows the presence of wind, which should be impossible on the moon because it doesn’t have much of an atmosphere and is surrounded by a vacuum. NASA insists that the flag moved due to astronaut Buzz Aldrin twisting the flagpole, causing it to move like that. Apparently the astronauts also accidentally bent the horizontal rods that were supposed to hold the flag outward. The next evidence that causes doubt is the fact that there were no stars in any of the footage or photographs taken by NASA on the moon. Skeptics say stars were left out because astronomers would have been able to use them to determine whether the photos were taken from the Earth or Moon. NASA, as well as many many others, argue that of course you wouldn’t be able to see the stars because the moon’s surface is so bright. It’s the same reason why you can’t see the stars standing on a bright football field at night. Some astronauts were able to take long exposure UV photographs of bright stars and Venus from the moon, though. But skeptics would probably argue these photos were taken from earth. What about the fact that there was no blast crater from the lunar module on the moon, especially when scientists before predicted one would be created? Well NASA says those scientists predicted wrong. The fact is, the pressure on the moon was simply too low for the lunar module to create a crater. Quite a bit of discussion by skeptics revolve around the discussion of lighting and shadows in photographs taken on the moon. Shadows are inconsistent and often intersect in photographs. Skeptics argue that the shadows should be completely black and run parallel to each other. NASA and others argue that shadows are weird on the Moon due to many light sources and lunar dust. Also, the unique terrain of the moon alters how the shadows are seen. Skeptics also say the photographs on the Moon show the same exact background, despite astronauts saying the photos were taken far away from each other. They argue that the backdrop was basically kept the same, even for different Apollo missions. Take this photograph, for example. Skeptics have combined the two pictures and claim the backgrounds match. Pretty crazy, eh? Well, NASA says that because the Moon is much smaller than Earth, horizons appear closer to the naked eye than they really are, and thus may look identical from different viewpoints.