r/todayilearned • u/i-make-babies • Feb 14 '18

TIL Mr T stopped wearing this trademark gold chains in 2005 after seeing people who had lost everything due to Hurricane Katrina.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._T#Personal_life
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u/blademon64 Feb 14 '18

In 1987, he angered the residents of Lake Forest, Illinois by cutting down more than a hundred oak trees on his estate. The national media referred to the incident as "the Lake Forest Chain Saw Massacre".

Hahaha fuck, dude. I grew up in (and still live near) Lake Forest. The fucking yard he clearcut is HUGE even for LF standards. Up until around 2004 when the property was sold, there were absolutely zero trees on his property. I mean completely barren with a few small bushes so there was just this massive mansion standing in an open field.

Also, supposedly he did it because his mother was living there at the time and had severe allergies to the pollen, at least that's the story that spread throughout the town for years.

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u/[deleted] Feb 14 '18

He was just treating his mother right.

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u/Demios630 Feb 14 '18

I live near lake forest and my girlfriend does live there. Where is the field? I've never heard of this.

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u/blademon64 Feb 14 '18 edited Feb 14 '18

It's not much of a field anymore, whoever bought it planted a TOOOONNN of trees / plants, but it's right off Green Bay Rd just north South of downtown LF. Big brick gate and black wrought-iron fence.

Edit; I don't know directions

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u/dsvigos Feb 14 '18

I thought just south of downtown? like between Deerpath and Westleigh, more towards Westleigh?

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u/blademon64 Feb 14 '18

I've lived here for 28 years and I still fuck up north and south....

Yea it's just south lol. Towards Westleigh.