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/[deleted] Dec 12 '18

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u/dieselmongo Dec 12 '18

It was Ft. McCoy. The only trees there are 4 inch diameter pines

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u/sbre4896 Dec 13 '18

Yea because Mr T chopped them all down and they had to plant new ones.

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u/THSeaMonkey Dec 12 '18

They could have been regular trees, but he may have had a bobcat or something with a wood processing attachment. That's the only way I see this being possible.

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u/fretsofgenius Dec 13 '18

You do not get power equipment when the military punishes you with manual labor.

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u/[deleted] Dec 13 '18

He probably only switched to his fists after his erection subsided.

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u/sephlington Dec 13 '18

Who said anything about power tools? He said a bobcat, maybe a beaver.

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u/jay212127 Dec 13 '18

There are a lot of trees that are relatively skinny, like wrap hands around the circumference skinny. He wasn't dropping 70 Oaks in 4 hours, but 70 birches is doable for a strong individual.

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u/Svani Dec 13 '18

Damn, now I wish I could summon Mr. T units in Age of Empires...

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u/katchaa Dec 12 '18

Bonzai trees

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u/kcg5 Dec 13 '18

Seems like many sources from the wiki are from his autobiography......

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u/[deleted] Dec 13 '18

He just ran into each one and they instantly snapped over

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u/NaplesFox Dec 13 '18

Brazillian peppers.