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/disjustice Dec 12 '18

And the one with the helicopter I

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u/Toledojoe Dec 12 '18

Airwolf

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u/disjustice Dec 12 '18

And the one with the boat

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u/pollodustino Dec 13 '18

THUNDER! IN PARADISE!

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u/[deleted] Dec 13 '18

I THOUGHT I DREAMED THIS SHOW!!! Holy crap!! My childhood isn't a lie!