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1: They were first named Jasper and Jinx
2: They got 7 Oscars
3: They got named after a cocktail

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We all grew up with Tom and Jerry. No matter what your age might be. The cartoon cat and mouse made their debut 80 years ago when MGM released the short Puss Gets the Boot in theaters on February 10, 1940.

The animal adversaries were the creation of young animators Joseph Barbera and William Hanna (originally working alongside Rudolf Ising).

The wildly popular Tom and Jerry cartoons garnered critical acclaim, as Hanna-Barbera crafted 114 shorts for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer up through 1958.

Hanna-Barbera left behind their cat and mouse to pursue their own Hanna-Barbera Productions, which would make television history with the smash primetime series The Flintstones in 1960. Other creators (Gene Deitch, Chuck Jones) would continue to make Tom and Jerry toons, while the superior originals ran in syndication.

To celebrate their 80th birthday, let's look at some fascinating facts about the early era of Tom and Jerry.

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1. They were originally named Jasper and Jinx.

The cat - then more of a realistic quadruped - chasing the chubby little mouse was dubbed "Jasper" in the debut cartoon, Puss Gets the Boot. The name of the mouse never arises onscreen in the cartoon itself, though he was named "Jinx" in pre-production. That being said, there was some debate over that matter, amongst the creators nonetheless. Hanna certainly considered the mouse to be named Jinx, as mentioned in his memoir A Cast of Friends. Barbera was not so sold.

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2. There was later a contest to name the characters.

So how did Tom and Jerry come to be "Tom and Jerry"? A contest, of course! Animator John Carr won $50 (more than $800 in today's cash) for coming up with the monikers Tom and Jerry.

Image: The Everett Collection

3. They were named after a cocktail.

So why "Tom and Jerry" you might ask? Well, it was a popular boozy Yuletime drink, essentially eggnog with brandy added in alongside the rum. The drink recipe and name dates back to the 1820s, so it certainly predates the cat and mouse. In the early 19th century, "Tom and Jerry" was a British term for rambunctious youth, as coined in the 1823 book Life in London, or Days and Nights of Jerry Hawthorne and his elegant friend Corinthian Tom by Pierce Egan.

Image: The Everett Collection

4. They won seven Oscars.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences loved Tom and Jerry just as much as the kids in the audience. In total, 13 Hanna-Barbera Tom and Jerry cartoons earned an Oscar nomination in the Short Subject, Cartoon category. Eight of them would win a trophy. The Yankee Doodle Mouse took home the duo's first Oscar. Seven shorts in total would win Oscars.

Image: The Everett Collection

5. They were in a live-action Gene Kelly movie.

The 1945 musical comedy Anchors Aweigh paired dancing icon Gene Kelly with many celebrity partners, but none as fantastical as Jerry Mouse. Kelly and Jerry perform together through the magic of filmmaking in "The Worry Song." Jerry is royalty, while Tom makes a cameo as a servant. Some sources claim that the film originally wanted Mickey Mouse, but Disney declined to lend out their famous rodent.

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5 things you never knew about Tom and Jerry cartoons

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We all grew up with Tom and Jerry. No matter what your age might be. The cartoon cat and mouse made their debut 80 years ago when MGM released the short Puss Gets the Boot in theaters on February 10, 1940.

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1: 30000 horsepower
2: Has 40000 parts
3: Was patented in the early 1900s

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It always gives me goose bumps when the gentle roar of the engines starts seeping into the tranquillity of the cabin. But the engines only really come to life during take-off, pushing you back into your seat as the aircraft accelerates on the runway, and then you're airborne. Engines are probably the most striking and impressive part of an aircraft. So much so, that I wanted to know more about these fascinating powerhouses and decided to do some research.
The very, very biggest

Measuring 3.43 meters in diameter, the General Electric GE90-115B is the biggest engine in the KLM fleet. These big boys power our Boeing 777-300ERs, which are the biggest twin-engined aircraft in the KLM fleet. These engines generate 115,000 pounds of thrust, which makes them the "World's Most Powerful Commercial Jet Engine", according to the Guinness Book of World Records.

Flight cycle

Our B777-300ERs spend almost 16 hours a day in the air. It is important to keep track of this because the engines must be regularly maintained. Operational deployment is measured in flight hours and flight cycles. Each cycle consists of a single take-off and landing. Our B777s complete 1.9 flight cycles per day, on average.

Check, Check, Triple-Check

Maintenance varies per engine type. The GE90-115B, which powers our B777s, goes in for a check-up multiple times per year. A major overhaul is done after the engine has been operational for about 750 days. Minor maintenance is conducted in between the bigger checks. In short, the engines get plenty of attention to keep them in perfect running order!

Engine on the operating table

KLM has its own Engine Shop where engines undergo maintenance. KLM has a reserve engine for every type it operates, so that engine maintenance can be carried out while the aircraft remains operational. An engine can be replaced within 24 hours.

Advanced Lego

Engines are fully disassembled when they're overhauled. On average, a jet engine consist of around 40,000 parts, which means this process can take 50 to 60 days. I can only imagine how many diagrams they need! After a full overhaul, the engine is as good as new and ready for many thousands of kilometres in the air.

Costly

Aircraft engines are very costly. Because airlines always buy their aircraft with the engines attached, it's difficult to say just how expensive they are. And the price varies per engine type, of course. Roughly speaking, prices range from USD 12 to 35 million.

Hot!

An aircraft engine reaches temperatures of up to 1,400 degrees Celsius (2,552 degrees Fahrenheit) in the hottest part of the engine, where compressed air is mixed with fuel and ignited.

For more information about jet engines, read the blogs by Jacky and Miranda and Rob Duivis.

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It always gives me goose bumps when the gentle roar of the engines starts seeping into the tranquillity of the cabin. But the engines only really come to life during take-off, pushing you back into your seat as the aircraft accelerates on the runway, and then you're airborne.

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1: Has served 4 terms
2: He is the only president to have served over 2 terms
3: He was distantly related to his wife

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Assuming the Presidency at the depth of the Great Depression, Franklin D. Roosevelt helped the American people regain faith in themselves. He brought hope as he promised prompt, vigorous action, and asserted in his Inaugural Address, "the only thing we have to fear is fear itself."

Born in 1882 at Hyde Park, New York-now a national historic site-he attended Harvard University and Columbia Law School. On St. Patrick's Day, 1905, he married Eleanor Roosevelt.

Following the example of his fifth cousin, President Theodore Roosevelt, whom he greatly admired, Franklin D. Roosevelt entered public service through politics, but as a Democrat. He won election to the New York Senate in 1910. President Wilson appointed him Assistant Secretary of the Navy, and he was the Democratic nominee for Vice President in 1920.

In the summer of 1921, when he was 39, disaster hit-he was stricken with poliomyelitis. Demonstrating indomitable courage, he fought to regain the use of his legs, particularly through swimming. At the 1924 Democratic Convention he dramatically appeared on crutches to nominate Alfred E. Smith as "the Happy Warrior." In 1928 Roosevelt became Governor of New York.

He was elected President in November 1932, to the first of four terms. By March there were 13,000,000 unemployed, and almost every bank was closed. In his first "hundred days," he proposed, and Congress enacted, a sweeping program to bring recovery to business and agriculture, relief to the unemployed and to those in danger of losing farms and homes, and reform, especially through the establishment of the Tennessee Valley Authority.

By 1935 the Nation had achieved some measure of recovery, but businessmen and bankers were turning more and more against Roosevelt's New Deal program. They feared his experiments, were appalled because he had taken the Nation off the gold standard and allowed deficits in the budget, and disliked the concessions to labor. Roosevelt responded with a new program of reform: Social Security, heavier taxes on the wealthy, new controls over banks and public utilities, and an enormous work relief program for the unemployed.

In 1936 he was re-elected by a top-heavy margin. Feeling he was armed with a popular mandate, he sought legislation to enlarge the Supreme Court, which had been invalidating key New Deal measures. Roosevelt lost the Supreme Court battle, but a revolution in constitutional law took place. Thereafter the Government could legally regulate the economy.

Roosevelt had pledged the United States to the "good neighbor" policy, transforming the Monroe Doctrine from a unilateral American manifesto into arrangements for mutual action against aggressors. He also sought through neutrality legislation to keep the United States out of the war in Europe, yet at the same time to strengthen nations threatened or attacked. When France fell and England came under siege in 1940, he began to send Great Britain all possible aid short of actual military involvement.

When the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, Roosevelt directed organization of the Nation's manpower and resources for global war.

Feeling that the future peace of the world would depend upon relations between the United States and Russia, he devoted much thought to the planning of a United Nations, in which, he hoped, international difficulties could be settled.

As the war drew to a close, Roosevelt's health deteriorated, and on April 12, 1945, while at Warm Springs, Georgia, he died of a cerebral hemorrhage.

For more information about President Roosevelt, please visit Franklin D. Roosevelt Library and Museum

Learn more about Franklin D. Roosevelt's spouse, Anna Eleanor Roosevelt.

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Assuming the Presidency at the depth of the Great Depression as our 32nd President (1933-1945), Franklin D. Roosevelt helped the American people regain faith in themselves.