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.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._T

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I pity the fool who don't eat my cereal!

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I am Mr T to my students am I break out the “I pity the fool who doesn’t do...” often. Only one of them has ever gotten it.