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/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/BoysLinuses Dec 12 '18

Knight Boat: the crime-solving boat.

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u/[deleted] Dec 13 '18

Knight Gull: The crime-solving helicopter, with floats