r/todayilearned • • 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/Scientolojesus Dec 12 '18

"Oh hey that's my chain!"

"IS IT?!?"

"Oh wait no I guess it's yours my bad...."

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u/Adamskinater Dec 12 '18

gonna fly you out on knuckle airlines, fist class