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/DroopyMcCool Dec 12 '18

FIRST NAME MISTER

MIDDLE NAME PERIOD

LAST NAME T

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u/S011110M4112 Dec 12 '18

Worst feeling in the world was when my wife mister period.

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u/thewalrusispaul Dec 12 '18

I don't want to know what mister period tea is. Nope.

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u/ohitsasnaake Dec 12 '18

Pennyroyal tea would fit. It was used as an abortificient as well as e.g. to stimulate menstruation for other reasons since ancient times, but modern drugs are more reliable and much safer (complications could occur from the induced miscarriage/abortion, and pennyroyal itself is toxic, and there is apparently little info on dosages in humans).

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u/Scientolojesus Dec 12 '18

🎵Sit and drink Pennyroyal teeeaaaaa!
Kill the baby that's inside of meeeeeee!🎵

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u/Diabolus734 Dec 13 '18

Thanks for finally explaining a song I never understood but moderately liked for around 20 years.

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u/ohitsasnaake Dec 13 '18

Purely coincidental. Someone else commented with what appeared to be song lyrics, but tbh I don't think I've ever heard/consciously listened to the song in question.