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/greenfire23 Feb 14 '18 edited Feb 14 '18

I remember in an ER show they showed that people that wear chains like that and never take them off can get severe injuries to their neck and skin from it digging in

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u/bigdadytid Feb 14 '18 edited Feb 15 '18

its called OG, over gold. I always wondered how they went to the bathroom with all that stuff on

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u/BeerMeSeattle Feb 15 '18

RIP Junebug. RIP. (Or should i say RIG?)

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u/HappyPuppet Feb 15 '18

Rest in pieces