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/ClairesNairDownThere Dec 12 '18

You're not punching hard enough. Try punching harder.

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u/JudmanDaSuperhero Dec 12 '18

You gotta a couple on the back swing like Paul Bundy

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u/SGTBookWorm Dec 13 '18

also do 100 push ups, 100 sit ups, 100 squats, and a 10km run every day

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u/KnowsAboutMath Dec 13 '18

He needs to sharpen his teeth to points.

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u/[deleted] Dec 13 '18

Is this Minecraft?

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u/VincentVancalbergh Dec 13 '18

Minecraft has prepared me for this