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unusual facts about IFBB Mr. America


Don't Make Waves

Dave Draper, who plays Malibu's boyfriend Harry, was the 1965 IFBB Mr. America and the 1966 IFBB Mr. Universe.


Bruce Palmer, Jr.

He wrote two books in his retirement, The 25 Year War: America's Military Role in Vietnam and Intervention in the Caribbean: The Dominican Crisis of 1965.

Dayton Duncan

His next film with Burns was Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip, about the first transcontinental automobile trip, which he wrote and produced.

Dude, Where's My Country?

Many of the views expressed are shared by political writers like Noam Chomsky in his book Hegemony or Survival: America's Quest for Global Dominance and a subsequent BBC documentary called The Power of Nightmares—all of which sharply criticise the neo-conservative movement in the U.S.

G.I. Joe: America's Elite

Scripted by Larry Hama, it centered on the exploits of Storm Shadow, traveling the world as a freelance operative, after leaving the G.I. Joe team in G.I. Joe: America's Elite #15.

Gangsters: America's Most Evil

As the co-founder of the Sex Money Murda crew (who would later become an affiliate group of the United Blood Nation), Rollack would order and execute himself revenge killings of rival dealers and a local basketball star, Karlton Hines in 1995, which would eventually find him in trouble with law enforcement.

General Flagg

His only appearance in comics continuity was in the World War III event, from the G.I. Joe: America's Elite comic book series.

H. H. Holmes: America's First Serial Killer

Produced over a four-year period, the film highlights locations such as Holmes' childhood home in Gilmanton, New Hampshire, and the courtroom in Philadelphia where the "trial of the century" was held.

H. Holmes: America's First Serial Killer is a 2004 biographical documentary film directed by John Borowski.

History of Montana

The documentary Butte, America depicts its history as a copper producer and the issues of labor unionism, economic rise and decline, and environmental degradation that resulted from the activity.

Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip

Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip is a 2003 documentary film directed by Ken Burns and written by Dayton Duncan.

The documentary focuses primarily on Horatio Nelson Jackson and his Winton car, The Vermont; along with his companions Sewall K. Crocker, his pet pit bull Bud and frequent correspondence with Jackson's wife Bertha Richardson Wells (called "Swipes" by Jackson).

Joe Abbenda

in 1959, AAU Mr. America and the amateur Mr. Universe competition in 1962, and the professional winner a year later, in the 1963 NABBA Mr. Universe.

Mr. America

Harmon Mister America, 1970s American single-seat light sports aircraft

Mr. and Mrs. America

Mr. and Mrs. America contains a series of pre-taped messages from leading figures in American life, including Franklin D. Roosevelt, the presidents of the AFL, CIO, US Chamber of Commerce, and Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau, Jr..

Paul Fussell

Fussell was one of several veterans interviewed in the Ken Burns and Lynn Novick documentary The War in 2007, and in the 1999 ABC-produced documentary The Century: America's Time.

Peter Nicks

"Blame Somebody Else" (September 29, 2006), PBS series AIR: America's Investigative Reports.

Roberto Treviño

Roberto Treviño is an American chef known for his appearances on Iron Chef: America and The Next Iron Chef.

Route 666: America's Scariest Home Haunts

The series is hosted by Danielle Harris, star of Halloween 4, Halloween 5 and Rob Zombie's remake of the original Halloween.

Sun-Sentinel

(The latter investigation was featured in the PBS documentary series Exposé: America's Investigative Reports in an episode entitled "Crisis Mismanagement.") It also produced a significant contribution to information graphics in the form of News Illustrated, a weekly full-page graphic that has received more than 30 international awards.

The War Within

The War Within: America's Battle over Vietnam, a 1994 book by Tom Wells on America's internal battle over the war in Vietnam

William Gillette, America's Sherlock Holmes

He was an award-winning sports writer and sports editor of the Delaware State News in Dover, Delaware, before embarking on a career in Federal government human resources.

Yakir Aharonov

1973–2006: Joint professorship at the Tel Aviv University, Israel and the University of South Carolina, America


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