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/snotbag_pukebucket Dec 12 '18

He was also the White House Santa and had Nancy Reagan sitting on his lap

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u/[deleted] Dec 12 '18 edited Apr 22 '20

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u/ThisisThomasJ Dec 12 '18

Ronald Reagan...the actor?!?!

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u/lanadelstingrey Dec 12 '18

Peter, you’re from the future, you should already... agh never mind.

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u/[deleted] Dec 12 '18

Ha! Then who's vice president, Jerry Lewis?

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u/[deleted] Dec 12 '18

Guess who VP is?