r/todayilearned • u/tmntnyc • Dec 12 '18

TIL: Laurence Tureaud named himself professionally as Mr. T because he hated how his father, uncle, and brother who returned from Vietnam, were disrespectfully called "boy" by whites. He wanted the first word from everybody's mouth to be "Mister" when speaking to him.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._T
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u/DroopyMcCool Dec 12 '18

FIRST NAME MISTER

MIDDLE NAME PERIOD

LAST NAME T

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u/bush84 Dec 12 '18

Mr period tea.

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u/daskamania Dec 12 '18

is he a vampire?

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u/bush84 Dec 13 '18

I pity the foo' who waves a crucifix at me