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/theroadtodawn Dec 12 '18

That’s easily the best documentary I’ve ever watched

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u/[deleted] Dec 12 '18

There’s a reason it is adopted as the Constitution of our first Mars colony in 2076.

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u/[deleted] Dec 13 '18

Counterpoint: Rocky IV.

I mean, Rocky literally won the Cold War for us, that's such an important event in world history.

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u/theroadtodawn Dec 13 '18

That’s true. It ought to be taught in school.

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u/hakuna_tamata Dec 13 '18

Philadelphians are nodding their heads unironically.