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Allyson Felix has taken Olympic medals in athletics at every Olympic Games since Athens 2004.

She's a six-time gold medallist with an astounding nine Olympic medal haul across a career already spanning four Olympic Games.

The American sprinter heads into the U.S. Track and Field Olympic Trials in 2021 aged 35 and looking to fend off intense competition in order to secure her place at Tokyo 2020.

Felix is expected to compete for a spot in the 200m and 400m. Plus, the relay events.

Recovering from life-threatening surgery to give birth to her daughter, Felix's journey to the start line has been a fraught with enormous challenges.

There have been setbacks on the track since her return but the 13-time world champion is running her fastest times in the 400m (50.88 seconds) since 2017.

Here are the top five things to know about Allyson Felix ahead of the 2021 U.S. Track and Field Olympic Trials.

Allyson Felix: Becoming a mother

A routine appointment at 32 weeks during her pregnancy put the lives of both Allyson Felix, and her unborn daughter, at risk.

Felix was diagnosed with severe pre-eclampsia, a condition that means high blood pressure and potential damage to organ systems. She had to have an emergency caesarean section.

Camryn, her daughter, went to a specialist intensive care unit for a month.

Both mother and daughter made a full recovery.

"Camryn is very happy, she has a lot of smiles and [she's] very strong. We're already noticing that," Felix said to the Olympic Channel.

Allyson Felix: Pregnancy and addressing U.S. Congress

But the whole experience was scary.

Felix started researching the subject and began talking to other mothers about their experiences. Eventually, she addressed the U.S. Congress, as the Undefeated reported.

"I learned that my story was not so uncommon," Felix said.

"[There were others] just like me. Black like me, healthy like me, doing their best - just like me. They faced death like me, too, and as I started to talk to more of those women and hear about their experiences, I learned that black women are upwards of three times more likely to die from childbirth than white mothers are in the United States and that we suffer severe complications twice as often."

The experience may have been enough for some people to call time on their sporting careers but not Allyson Felix.

Allyson Felix: The drama of qualification for Rio 2016

It's worth recapping the crazy, emotional, and dramatic twists and turns of the last Olympics for Allyson Felix.

She was preparing to compete for individual Olympic gold medals in both the 200m and 400m - with the schedule at the Games allowing this to be actually possible.

After winning the 400m at 2016 trials, she missed out on qualification in the 200m by 0.01s.

According to NBC, it was first time she failed to qualify for an Olympic or world championships team in the 200m since she was 15 years old in 2001.

An ankle injury had hampered preparations.

"This whole year, that had been what I was working for, so for it to end here is disappointing," she said at the time.

"Then when I look back, and I see everything that happened, I still think it's quite amazing."

Allyson Felix: The famous fall / dive at the 400m final at Rio 2016

The 400m final in Rio was one of the most memorable of all-time when Felix was pipped on the line by a diving Shaunae Miller Uibo.

The Bahamian runner says she fell.

"I've met a lot of people afterwards [who] came to me in such an inspiring way... just telling me that it inspired them to actually go after [a goal].

"It's all a blessing and a humbling experience," Shaunae said to the Olympic Channel Podcast.

Either way - it was another disappointment for Felix.

She bounced back and still returned from Brazil with two Olympic gold medals in 4x100m and 4x400m relays.

Allyson Felix: London 2012 glory and Tokyo 2020 aims

Allyson Felix was crowned Olympic champion in the 200m at London 2012. It remains her only individual Olympic title.

Competition for places in that event for the USA at 2021 trials will be fierce.

Sha'Carri Richardson is promising to be one of the exciting sprinters of her generation.

Tamara Clark, Gabrielle Thomas, Cambrea Sturgis, Anavia Battle, Jenna Prandini, and Brittany Brown have all posted times of 22.43s or faster this year.

The 400m is not much easier with Athing Mu, Shamier Little, and Quanera Hayes all breaking the 50 second barrier in 2021.

The stage is set for a fascinating competition.

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Allyson Felix has taken Olympic medals in athletics at every Olympic Games since Athens 2004. She's a six-time gold medallist with an astounding nine Olympic medal haul across a career already spanning four Olympic Games. The American sprinter heads into the U.S.

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turned Hanna-Barbera into a powerhouse. Sure, Yogi Bear and Huckleberry Hound had been popular with kids on Saturday morning in the late Fifties, but with The Flintstones, the animation studio proved it could appeal to adults in primetime.

That led William Hanna and Joseph Barbera to get a little more creative, a little bolder. Just as The Flintstones had copied the formula of The Honeymooners, their Top Cat soon emulated The Phil Silver Show. The Magilla Gorilla Show, Jonny Quest, Atom Ant, Space Ghost and more followed in the 1960s.

Hanna-Barbera mastered the art of adventure, talking animals, toon musical numbers. So what if they combined all of that - again taking influence from a popular live-action sitcom - and blended it all together?

Thus, Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! was born in 1969. Well, there were some growing pains along the way. Let's take a look...

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1. The original title was 'The Mysteries Five'

Talent borrows; genius steals. So they say. Hanna-Barbera was brilliant at taking established concepts and applying a cartoon gloss over the top. Rival studio Filmation had created a pop sensation with The Archie Show in 1968, turning a classic comic strip into a hip beat band with a No. 1 single. So, CBS asked Hanna-Barbera to come up with another version of "The Archies." Their answer was a musical group called "The Mysteries Five" - Geoff, Mike, Kelly, Linda and W.W. The kids would tour around in a van, solving supernatural mysteries along the way with the help of a dog. It was either going to be a large, cowardly dog or a tiny, gusty dog.

2. It was later called 'Who's S-S-Scared?' - and deemed too scary for children!

The animators then whittled the group down to a quartet of humans, fusing Geoff and Mike into one character named "Ronnie." The show was retitled Who's S-S-Scared? and an animated demo was prepared for the network. Well, to answer the question of the title, CBS was s-s-scared. The suits felt that the horror elements were too extreme; they feared the monsters would terrify children on Saturday morning. So CBS asked Hanna-Barbera to go back to the drawing board.

3. The characters were based on 'The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis'

Just as Fred and Barney had been based on Ralph and Ed from The Honeymooners, this band of teenage detectives found inspiration in another classic sitcom. The youthful sleuths of Mystery Inc. were copies of the core characters in The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis. This is most noticeable in Shaggy (or "W.W." as he was originally called) who is a dead ringer for the work-allergic beatnik Maynard G. Krebs (Bob Denver). "Velma" even sounded a good deal like the bookish Zelda (Sheila James). Fred was modeled on Dobie himself. Daphne mimicked Thalia Menninger (Tuesday Weld).

4. The dog's original name was Too Much

Let's get back to the dog. Obviously, the animators decided a big, frightened dog was comedy gold. However, the pooch was originally named Too Much. And he played the bongos. Somebody had to add percussion to the band. Once the musical-group angle was dropped, so went the bongos. But what to call the dog...?

5. You can thank either Frank Sinatra or Randy and the Rainbow's for the name Scooby-Doo

There is some debate as to which smash song of the Sixties inspired the name "Scooby-Doo." It is probably a combination of the two. Frank Sinatra's 1966 hit "Strangers in the Night" featured Ol' Blue Eyes scatting, "Doo-bee-doo-bee-doo." Scooby-Doo's catchphrase certainly echoes that refrain. But the 1963 teen doo-wop sensation "Denise" by Randy and the Rainbows likely played a big part, too. You have undoubtedly heard it at some point in a diner: "Oh Denise, shooby doo / I'm in love with you, Denise, shooby doo!"

6. There was a different theme song at the very beginning

Speaking of catchy tunes, every kids known that immortal theme song: "Scooby-Dooby-Doo, where are you? We got some work to do now." However, much like "Meet the Flintstones," the song did not debut at the start of the series. When Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! premiered in September 1969, it opened with an eerie instrumental. The song appeared in the second episode, too, "A Clue for Scooby Doo," but was scrapped quickly after.

7. Fred did not have a name in the first episode

Let's rewind to that premiere episode again, "What a Night for a Knight." Every character is mentioned by name in the episode except for Fred - and he was technically not yet Fred! The storyboards for the episode still referred to the blond boy as "Ronnie."

8. There was later an Andy Griffith Show spoof

The Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! cartoon evolved into The New Scooby-Doo Movies, which welcomed celebrity guest stars. In 1972, Knotts twice returned to cartoon form for a couple New Scooby-Doo Movies, "Guess Who's Knott Coming to Dinner?" and "The Spooky Fog." In the first, he dressed like Sherlock Holmes in a caped raincoat and deerstalker cap. But in "The Spooky Fog," the cartoon Knotts appeared in more familiar clothing. He was back in his familiar tan deputy's uniform. This deputy lived and worked in "Juneberry" for "Sheriff Dandy."

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turned Hanna-Barbera into a powerhouse. Sure, Yogi Bear and Huckleberry Hound had been popular with kids on Saturday morning in the late Fifties, but with The Flintstones, the animation studio proved it could appeal to adults in primetime. That led William Hanna and Joseph Barbera to get a little more creative, a little bolder.

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The golden age of Nickelodeon was undeniably the '90s, when all that glittered was slime, and every child knew that Kel loved orange soda. The network capitalized on that mass appeal by making a film called Good Burger. The surprise hit featured the venerable comedic talents of Kenan Thompson and the hilarious Kel Mitchell as two fast-food employees fighting to keep their workplace from being shut down by Mondo Burger, a huge burger chain across the street.

Good Burger features appearances by Sinbad, Carmen Electra, and other members of the Nickelodeon rat pack. It's a fan favorite that unapologetically screams '90s youth pop culture. Before there were Krabby Patties and sea shanties, there were good burgers and tunes expressing the joys of gender fluidity - because "we're all dudes." Over 20 years have passed since Good Burger was released, but love for the film has yet to fade. The stars and some of the other cast members went on to enjoy successful careers. The years have allowed for those lingering childhood questions to finally get answered. This is the untold truth of Good Burger.

Good Burger was originally a sketch on another Nickelodeon show

In 1994, Nickelodeon introduced a show into their lineup called All That. It was a sketch show presented as a kid-friendly version of Saturday Night Live. Kel Mitchell and Kenan Thompson first appeared together on the show as a pair of elderly audience hecklers. Their dynamic was so popular that producers decided to spin the two off into their own series, Kenan & Kel. They also got their own recurring sketch on All That centering on a fast-food restaurant known as Good Burger.

Kel Mitchell actually created his character, Ed, well before the original Good Burger sketch. In an audition for All That, Kel was improvising random characters for producers and threw out a goofy bro-like prototype of what was to come. An early version of this character first debuted in a sketch called "Dream Remote." It features the familiar idea of a remote control for life (we're looking at you, Adam Sandler), allowing All That actor Josh Server to fast-forward past encounters with his nagging sister. In typical teenage fashion, he also uses the device to fast-forward to the arrival of his pizza delivery. Kel Mitchell is the driver who knocks on his door, donning the voice and mannerisms that would later be known as Ed.

Linda Cardellini had her big screen debut in Good Burger

Linda Cardellini's career hasn't slowed down since her humble beginnings in the 1990s. Before she became a hot commodity among casting directors, she was just a sweet girl from the psych ward.

In Good Burger, Ed and Dexter (Kenan Thompson) stumble across the secret to Mondo Burger's gigantic beef patties. The evil conglomerate is pumping their burgers full of growth hormones without the public's knowledge. The chain's lead baddie has the two fast-food heroes thrown into a mental hospital to ensure the secret stays hidden. To escape, Ed riles the place up with a catchy dance number. Among the residents who join their escape is an agreeable patient named Heather, played by Linda Cardellini in her first major film role.

Linda Cardellini's acting career later gained some serious momentum on Freaks and Geeks, ER, and Bloodline. Cardellini also played the classic character Velma in the live-action version of Scooby Doo. She even has a part in the Marvel universe as Hawkeye's wife and is one of the stars of Netflix's Dead to Me.

Ed and Dexter also appeared in the music video for We're All Dudes

Part of Good Burger's appeal was an extremely catchy tune that embedded itself in the minds of an entire generation. Opening moments in the film feature Ed's morning routine before his shift at the place he loves most in the world. While showering with his uniform on, he enthusiastically sings a jingle expressing his thoughts on the word "dude."

"I'm a dude. She's a dude. He's a dude. 'Cause we're all dudes!" Ed belts out the tune in a delightful rendition that reminds us how amazing we all sound while singing in the shower.

Filmmakers went one step further and hired popular band Less Than Jake to perform their own version of the song. In an interview with BuzzFeed, Kel stated that he wrote the lyrics in one night at a hotel and then performed it for producers the next day. The meeting led to a single-day shoot of the music video for Less Than Jake's song "We're All Dudes." Kenan Thompson appears several times in the video, but Kel Mitchell is the star, dancing while sporting his Good Burger uniform hat.

At one point, there were 1,750 pounds of meat on the set of Good Burger

If you're going to put the word "burger" in the title of your film, then you best feature a significant amount of meat on the screen. Producers of Good Burger ensured that the ground beef flowed freely during Ed and Dexter's heroic journey. In an interview in 1997, Kenan stated, "There was over 1,750 pounds of meat on the set." That amount boggles the mind, but also clears up how those massive, explosive Mondo patties were forged.

Thompson went on to describe the woes of on-set meat expiration. As anyone who has let some cheeseburgers linger on the kitchen counter too long knows, the stuff doesn't age well. Some of the burgers would stay out there for a long time. "I felt sorry for the extras who had to eat them with cold, clammy fries," Thompson said. "But on screen, those burgers look good." Now we need to go reexamine some scenes and witness the phenomenal background acting.

To keep the food looking tasty, production used some inedible techniques

The food on set may not have been gourmet quality, but it sure did look good. Several different techniques were used to make the cuisine shine on screen. Many of the burgers shown in Good Burger were encased in a layer of Elmer's glue to seal in all those juices. Methods like this are common in food industry commercials, but it's still jarring.

The most entertaining moments in Good Burger come when the plot isn't even moving forward and we're just enjoying Ed being Ed. In one scene, the manager, Mr. Baily, is behind the register when the top of the milkshake machine pops up and Ed surfaces, covered in strawberry milkshake mix. Apparently, he'd climbed in to fix the device, though it was never broken - he'd simply forgotten to turn it on. This happy accident blesses Ed with the wonders of the "strawberry jacuzzi." The " ice cream" used to shoot this scene was actually just vegetable shortening and food coloring. Rewatching the scene makes us wonder how we ever thought that gloopy Pepto Bismol looked enticing.

Good Burger, along with other popular Nickelodeon shows, was the brain child of Dan Schneider

Good Burger's appeal stemmed from its ability to replicate the fun energy of Nickelodeon's TV programming. Kudos to the powers that be for tapping into the correct source when jumping to the big screen. The man behind many of our favorite Nickelodeon moments was Dan Schneider. He wrote several magical parts of All That, including our favorite character detail: Kel's love for orange soda. Schneider decided to put his acting career on hold so he could keep creating sketches on All That. The gamble paid off when the Nickelodeon shows became massively popular. The success allowed him to write the screenplay for Good Burger. Schneider played Ed's boss, Mr. Baily, in Good Burger, and also appeared in several sketches on All That. Schneider felt like he had to choose between writing and acting, but it looks like you can have your burger and eat it, too. That said, some missteps by Schneider may have led to his eventual ouster from the network.

The Good Burger building still serves food today

The layout of the Good Burger restaurant set makes it feel authentic. It seems like a burger chain that's been chugging along since the '50s, serving good old-fashioned American cuisine. Good Burger was filmed at a location that is still tantalizing taste buds to this day, although the food has changed a bit. You can still go sit down at a booth in Good Burger, only now you can do it while chowing down on burritos and tacos. Currently, the building is home to a Mexican restaurant named El Loco.

The Mondo Burger building is still around, too. It's not so recognizable now, though, as it houses a dentist's office and a real estate firm. Seeing how the building looks now is a testament to how much goes in to set design. Movie creators added loads of bells and whistles to the building to make it resemble a big burger conglomerate.

Ed's secret sauce in Good Burger reportedly tastes just like In-N-Out's sauce

Once Mondo Burger moves in across the street, we see firsthand the struggle of small business owners. It's hard to keep your patrons engaged when your rival is across the street with lights shooting up into the sky and music blaring during their red carpet premieres. Thankfully, Good Burger's most dedicated employee saves the day. Ed creates a sauce so delicious that it begins stealing customers back from Mondo Burger.

We always wondered what the secret sauce creation would taste like. Lucky for us, Mitchell spilled the beans in an interview. According to Ed, the secret Good Burger sauce tastes just like the secret sauce at legendary burger joint In-N-Out. We'll have to swing by In-N-Out soon and discover what else is hiding on this secret menu.

Dexter may have worked hard to ensure Good Burger's secret sauce recipe stayed secret, but he's only one man. Plenty of people have tried to reverse-engineer Ed's secret sauce, and their versions can be found across the internet. We're not sure which one is the closest to the real thing, so we'll have to try them all.

Critics trashed Good Burger

The '90s era of Nickelodeon was unique for kids. We felt like there was a section of the entertainment world reserved just for us. It was like crawling into a pillow fort and slapping a "No Adults Allowed" sign out front. Good Burger was created with child audiences in mind. It's no wonder that adults didn't get it.

Critics gave Good Burger a thorough lashing when it was released. It still sports a pretty bad critic rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Most critics claimed that unless you were a fan of All That and Kenan & Kel, Good Burger was a lackluster movie. The numbers say otherwise, though. Good Burger recovered its budget in the first week and had a solid run with a low theater count release. The film's appeal hasn't waned much over the years. Kenan and Kel even reprised their roles as Dexter and Ed for a sketch on Jimmy Fallon in 2015.

Good Burger helped Carmen Electra break into film

Ed's innocence lends Good Burger a heartwarming quality. His naivety is on full display when Mondo Burger sends in a rogue agent, Roxanne (Carmen Electra), to learn what's in Ed's secret sauce. Her attempts to seduce him comically fail when her innuendo goes over his head.

Electra hadn't been in a major film production before Good Burger. Her prior experience in entertainment was also very different. "It was my first time doing physical comedy," she stated in an interview with Complex. "I didn't come to LA to be an actress. I was a dancer and had studied my whole life to do that."

Her small role in Good Burger isn't even in the credits, but her turn in a comedy let the audience (and producers) know that she had a silly side. Electra's performance in Good Burger led to a regular role in the immensely popular Scary Movie franchise. "I love to make people laugh," she told Complex. "I'd just never done it in front of a bunch of strangers. And they were all really happy that I went all out with it. This opened the door for me to do Scary Movie and all the other goofy stuff."

A script was written for a sequel, but it was turned down for unknown reasons

We always wished we'd have many years to share with the cast of Good Burger, but the pack scattered as the years went by. With the nostalgic love for Good Burger still strong, we wonder why there was never any follow-up. The film's success could have warranted a sequel. Dan Schneider certainly thought so: The writer penned a sequel to Good Burger called Good Burger 2 Go. For reasons unknown to most, the story was never put into production. A Schneider-involved sequel seems unlikely after Nickelodeon severed ties with him in 2018 (Nickelodeon didn't publicly specify why it let Schneider go, though Deadline has some idea).

You can still read up on more Good Burger adventures, though. Schneider released his story as a book co-authored by Steve Holland. In the book, the fast-food chain needs to get their secret sauce approved via several taste tests. Problems arise when the sauce runs out and Ed goes missing. It turns out that the lovable goof is following a customer across the globe to give him his 18 cents in change. Dexter gives chase and things get out of hand - just as we'd hoped.

A Good Burger sequel has been discussed for years, and fans remain hopeful. The groundwork is there. The audience is still interested. The cast has even expressed interest in reprising their roles. According to Thompson, though, any hope of a sequel is "in the higher power's hands."

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1. Roosevelt was distantly related to both his wife and 11 other presidents.
An only child with maternal roots dating back to the Mayflower, Franklin D. Roosevelt spent a privileged childhood in Hyde Park, New York, prior to attending an elite Massachusetts boarding school. He then enrolled in Harvard College, where he began courting another Roosevelt, Anna Eleanor, his fifth cousin once removed as well as the niece (and goddaughter) of his fifth cousin, then-President Theodore Roosevelt, whom FDR greatly admired. When the couple married in 1905, Theodore Roosevelt took a break from his White House duties to give Eleanor away in lieu of her deceased father. "Well, Franklin," the president purportedly exclaimed at the wedding, "there's nothing like keeping the name in the family." Though Theodore was his closest relative to head the country, FDR claimed to have traced his family tree to 10 other presidents as well.

2. He had little love for the law.
After Harvard, FDR went on to Columbia Law School, where he promptly flunked contracts and civil procedure and had to make up the classes over the summer. "Franklin Roosevelt was not much of a student and nothing of a lawyer afterwards," one professor later recalled. "He didn't appear to have any aptitude for law, and made no effort to overcome that handicap by hard work." In fact, Roosevelt didn't even stick around to get his degree, leaving Columbia in 1907 upon passing the bar exam. Family connections landed him a job at Carter Ledyard and Milburn, a prestigious New York City firm. But although he had some minor successes there, he never quite took to the profession, preferring instead to talk politics. Luckily, his family connections also brought him into contact with local Democratic leaders, who in 1910 backed his successful campaign for a New York State Senate seat. Roosevelt's star only rose from there; he became assistant secretary of the Navy in 1913, a vice-presidential candidate in 1920, governor of New York in 1929 and a presidential candidate in 1932.

3. FDR won all of his presidential elections in landslides.
In what came to be called the "New Deal coalition," disparate groups such as Southern whites, Catholics, Jews, African-Americans, labor union members and small farmers united to comfortably elect Roosevelt to four terms in the White House. During his first presidential race in 1932, with the Great Depression at its height, he defeated unpopular incumbent Herbert Hoover by an electoral vote tally of 472-59. He then vanquished Kansas Governor Alf Landon in 1936 (523 electoral votes to eight), businessman Wendell Willkie in 1940 (449 electoral votes to 82) and New York Governor Thomas Dewey in 1944 (432 electoral votes to 99), winning at least 53.4 percent of the popular vote each time.

4. No president will ever serve longer (barring a constitutional change).
When George Washington decided in 1796 that eight years in office was enough, he established an unwritten rule that would stand for nearly a century and a half. A few presidents, including Theodore Roosevelt, tried to buck this precedent. But none succeeded until FDR, who ran for a third term in 1940 largely over concerns about the growing threat from Nazi Germany. In the end, he served in the White House for more than 12 years, a feat his political opponents disparaged as bad for democracy. With Roosevelt's tenure in mind, momentum grew for the 22nd amendment, ratified in 1951, which declared "no person shall be elected ... president more than twice."

5. His handicap was largely concealed from the public.
In the summer of 1921, while on vacation in Canada, 39-year-old Roosevelt fell ill with what was ultimately diagnosed as polio, a disease with no known cure. Paralyzed from the waist down, he underwent years of painstaking physical rehabilitation to try and regain the use of his legs. Yet although he made some progress, learning to move short distances with the help of steel leg braces and a cane (usually while holding the arm of a companion), he would remain wheelchair-dependent for the rest of his life. FDR could not even dress or bathe himself. The public never knew the full extent of his disability, however, in part because the media rarely mentioned it. At Roosevelt's request, most images from the time show him seated in an open car or standing at a podium. When the occasional photographer did try to catch him in his wheelchair, Secret Service agents reportedly tore the film out of their cameras.

6. Historians divide his New Deal into two parts.
In his 1932 speech accepting the Democratic nomination for president, Roosevelt famously promised to tackle the Great Depression with "a new deal for the American people." Wasting no time, he initiated a flurry of legislation during his first 100 days in office, much of which remains in effect to this day. To shore up the faltering financial sector, FDR closed insolvent banks and reorganized others, federally insured bank deposits, established stock market regulations and abandoned the gold standard. He also took steps to end Prohibition, to increase employment through large-scale public works projects, to institute agricultural subsidies and to bring electricity to rural areas. Related measures continued to pass throughout the rest of 1933 and 1934, after which Roosevelt took the New Deal in a more liberal direction, generally referred to as the "Second New Deal." This time around, Congress raised taxes on the wealthy, guaranteed labor unions the right to collectively bargain and approved unemployment and disability benefits, as well as Social Security for retirees. Try as he might, though, Roosevelt could not fully pull the country out of the Depression until it began mobilizing for World War II.

7. Roosevelt tried to increase the size of the Supreme Court.
Fed up with the U.S. Supreme Court for striking down several New Deal laws, Roosevelt in early 1937 proposed expanding it from nine to as many as 15 justices. Under this so-called "court-packing" plan, which critics derided as a separation of powers violation, a new justice would be added for each sitting justice above the age of 70 who refused to retire. But although FDR's fellow Democrats held large majorities in both houses of Congress, they for once balked at supporting his agenda. In losing the battle, though, Roosevelt won the war. Never again would the Supreme Court invalidate a piece of New Deal legislation, and by the time of his death, seven of the nine justices were his appointees.

8. He sanctioned the imprisonment of Japanese-Americans.
Anti-Japanese sentiment in the United States reached a fever pitch following the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941. In California, for example, the governor, the entire congressional delegation, numerous newspapers and top U.S. Army commanders all called for Japanese residents to be removed so that they could not commit acts of espionage and sabotage. Some government officials had misgivings about what's now considered one of the most shameful episodes in U.S. history. But not Roosevelt, a humanitarian in many other respects, who told the War Department to do what it thought best. In February 1942, he signed an executive order delineating "military areas ... from which any or all persons may be excluded." About 120,000 people of Japanese ancestry, two-thirds of whom were American citizens, were then forcibly removed to internment camps, their property sold off at bargain-basement prices. German-Americans and Italian-Americans were generally spared this fate. A few decades later, Congress issued a formal apology and awarded $20,000 to each surviving detainee.

9. FDR was the first sitting president to fly in a plane.
At a time when air travel was much more dangerous, Roosevelt flew to Chicago in 1932 to accept the Democratic nomination for president. He then became the first sitting president to journey via airplane-and the first sitting president to leave the country in wartime-when he took off from Miami in January 1943 aboard a Boeing 314 flying boat. After making stops in Trinidad, Brazil and Gambia, he got on a second plane, a TWA C-54, which brought him to Casablanca, Morocco, for a conference with British Prime Minister Winston Churchill. More flights followed, including one from Malta to the Soviet Union just a couple of months before his death.
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Nissan Skyline GT-R R34 is a dream car for millions of people. In this article, we will review the whole story and facts about this iconic JDM car.

Nissan Skyline History
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The first Skyline car was originally produced by Prince Motor Company in 1957, later by Nissan.

The name Nissan Skyline was a result of the merger of two companies Prince Motor Company with Nissan-Datsun, in 1967.

After that, Nissan produced five generations of its GTR cars.

In January of 1999, Nissan introduced its state-of-the-art GT-BNR34 model, also known as R34. It was an instant hit in Japan.

This version got the frontal wheels closer to the front part of the car.

It got an RB26DETT engine from its predecessors - R32 and R33, a brand new 5.8" LCD multifunction display on the center of the dashboard, water-cooled ceramic turbochargers, and many more.

Throughout the years of production of R34 from 1999 to 2002, Nissan has produced multiple variants of these cars.

Let's check them out.

GT-R R34 Standard

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Launched in January 1999.

Nissan has produced 3,965 units of this version.

Some of the specs:

Weight - 1540 kg

Length - 4,600 mm

width - 1,785 mm

Height - 1,360 mm

Engine - RB26DETT

Cylinders - L6

Power - 206 KW @ 6800 RPM, 280 HP @ 6800 RPM, 276 BHP @ 6800 RPM

Transmission - Six-speed manual

GT-R R34 V-Spec

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Launched in January 1999.

Produced units: 1,308.

Specs:

Engine - Inline 6-cyl, Twin Turbo

Transmission - Six-speed manual

Layout - front engine, all wheel drive

Weight - 1560kg

Power-to-weight - 180bhp/ton 0-60mph 4.8sec (claimed)

Top speed - 165mph (claimed)

Brakes - Ventilated discs front and rear

Wheels - 9 x 18in front and rear

Tires - 145/45 ZR18 front and rear

Power - 276bhp @ 7000rpm

Torque - 289lb ft @ 4400rpm

GT-R R34 V-Spec UK

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R34 GTR V-Spec UK version got three additional oil coolers, an extra measurement on the MFD, leather interior, few new features on the display, and changes in small details.

Produced units: 80.

GT-R R34 V-Spec N1

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The N1 was a homologation special, without the radio, air conditioning, the boot carper, and the rear wiper.

Produced units: 45.

GT-R R34 V-Spec II

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Released in October 2000.

This version of R34 got bigger rear brake rotors, a new carbon fibre bonnet, and new aluminum pedals.

Produced units: 5,512.

GT-R R34 V-Spec II N1

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The V-Spec II N1 got the same changes V-Spec II, but with a difference that the weight saving was the priority, even the paint was thinner than the standard version.

Produced units: 18.

GT-R R34 M-Spec

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In 2001 Nissan released the M-Spec variant, which is a luxury edition. It got a leather interior with heated front seats. The 'M' in 'M-Spec' stands for Mizuno Kazutoshi, the chief engineer of Nissan.

Produced units: 228.

R34 GTR M-Spec Nür

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The Skyline GT-R M-Spec Nür was released in February 2002.

In total, Nissan produced 250 units of this version.

Some of the specs:

Length - 4,600mm

Width - 1,780mm

Height - 1,360mm

W eight - 1,580kg

GT-R R34 V-Spec II Nür

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In February 2002, Nissan released a final production model of the R34 GT-R called the Skyline GT-R V-spec II Nur. The Nür was named after the famous German Nürburgring racetrack, where the Skyline was developed.

Produced units: 750.

GT-R R34 Nismo Z-Tune

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In 2002 Nissan produced its last variant of the GTR R34 called Z-Tune. All of the Z-Tune GT-Rs were handmade.

Produced units: 20

In total, Nissan produced 12,175 units of R34.

Facts about Nissan Skyline GTR R34

R34 in Hollywood

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The 1999 Nissan Skyline GT-R R34 is a major car driven by Brian O'Conner (portrayed by Paul Walker) in Fast and Furious.

Godzilla

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After consecutive racing triumphs in Japan and abroad in the mid-90s, the GT-R immediately gained worldwide attention and earned the Godzilla nickname "Godzilla" or "Godzilla on wheels" from the Australian media and car lovers.

GT-R series of Nissan Skyline are illegal in the USA

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The Nissan Skyline GT-R cars are illegal in the United States because it doesn't meet the requirements of the 1988 Imported Vehicle Safety Compliance Act. However, in 1998, the NHTSA granted immunity for import vehicles over 25 years of age. So, technically you can still own the GTR R34 in the USA.

Fast Car

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Nissan Skyline GTR R34 can reach 100kmph in 2.8 seconds. The V-Spec's Top speed is 251 kph (156 mph).

Expensive car

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The current prices of R34 range from $35000 up to $335000, based on variant and condition. In the coming years, some part of R34 cars will become legal to own in USA, so, due to its more availability on the market, the prices may go down for a bit, but because Nissan produced only 12175 units of R34, in a few years the prices might increase.

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Image source: Hobbylandbg Nissan Skyline GT-R R34 is a dream car for millions of people. In this article, we will review the whole story and facts about this iconic JDM car. Nissan Skyline History Image source: Gizmodo The first Skyline car was originally produced by Prince Motor Company in 1957, later by Nissan.