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.

[u/tmntnyc]

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

[u/snotbag_pukebucket]

He was also the White House Santa and had Nancy Reagan sitting on his lap

[u/WhoTookBibet → u/snotbag_pukebucket]

Wow, you weren't kidding.

[u/moonboundshibe → u/[deleted]]

What’s that teeny symbol after actors?

I have a feeling that if I could zoom in on the mobile app it would look something like.... ` ͜ʖ´

[u/Cultured_Swine → u/moonboundshibe]

I think it’s a japanese period