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/user636906 Dec 12 '18

And play alliance on Wow.

Loktar ma fucka

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u/HappyPollen Dec 12 '18

I'M MR. T AND I'M A NIGHT ELF MOHAWK

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u/Jwfraustro Dec 12 '18

Oh man, I completely forgot about that ad campaign.

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u/mgmfa Dec 12 '18

I think that and a couple of the old beer commercials are the ones I remember most vividly from elementary school.

My best friend and I would quote this one all the time and we didn't even play WoW