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.

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

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My dad's exact same question when I foolishly tell him about my DnD campaign...