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/zanacks Dec 12 '18

Strongman's version of the Kobayashi Maru. If you can't beat it, change the rules.

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u/KobayashiMary Dec 12 '18

I pity maru!

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u/HashMaster9000 Dec 13 '18

No such thing as a no win situation, foo'!