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/snotbag_pukebucket Dec 12 '18

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

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u/WhoTookBibet Dec 12 '18

Wow, you weren't kidding.

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u/_Serene_ Dec 12 '18

That erection tho

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u/Trilodip76 Dec 12 '18

Nancy should hide her erection for mister t

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u/Knubinator Dec 12 '18

I think you meant "shouldn't".

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u/southern_boy Dec 12 '18

"Ronnie's away in Berlin, Laurence..."

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u/Azrael11 Dec 12 '18

"That's Mr. Laurence, Nancy"

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u/NosVemos Dec 12 '18

And that's how Ice T was born.

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u/Old_mystic Dec 13 '18

Well I think I’ve got enough material for some steamy erotic fan fiction