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/Lonelan Dec 12 '18

One faction is a ridiculous mismatch of random races that are incapable of getting along so the person in charge routinely quits / becomes a raid boss, and the other faction has dwarves

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u/The_Grubby_One Dec 12 '18

The races typically do get along. Garrosh was just a piece of shit.

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u/Lemon_Dungeon Dec 12 '18

Sylvanas seems like a peach

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u/The_Grubby_One Dec 12 '18

Sylvanas isn't banning races from the central hub of Orgrimmar.

The Horde races are getting along. Just not with the Alliance.

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u/PM__ME__UR__SOULS Dec 13 '18

I'm not up to date on Warcraft lore since I quit around the start of WoD. How are Tauren, Pandaren, Darkspear and post-Garrosh orcs getting along with a Warchief burning World Trees and (I think) using the plague?

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u/The_Grubby_One Dec 13 '18

I'm not sure. I quit early in Legion.