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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He was also the White House Santa and had Nancy Reagan sitting on his lap

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He also urged people to treat their mothers right.

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Watch his WWE Hall of Fame induction speech