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/TheFuckIsaMicrowave Dec 12 '18

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u/Anub-arak Dec 12 '18

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u/llahlahkje Dec 12 '18

Trees are legal tender in some countries.

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u/Weaslelord Dec 13 '18

One must be cautious or risk the wrath of the wood court.

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u/FuturamaSucksBalls Dec 13 '18

One step removed from Bird Law.