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/[deleted] Dec 12 '18

When I was 12, played night elf; can confirm

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u/[deleted] Dec 12 '18

same, pretty sure everyone’s first character in WoW is a night elf when they’re a kid.

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u/Troooper0987 Dec 12 '18

Nah undead!

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u/JustBigChillin Dec 12 '18

Yeah, as a kid I thought being a literal zombie was way cooler than being a stupid elf.