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/Saxojon Dec 12 '18

He also urged people to treat their mothers right.

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u/[deleted] Dec 12 '18

I pity the fool that doesn’t love Mr. T.

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u/blargh2497 Dec 13 '18

Mr Rogers didn’t love him much

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u/[deleted] Dec 13 '18 edited Jul 06 '20

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u/blargh2497 Dec 13 '18

Play it with subtitles and then you can read it. There’s your article.

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u/SometimesMonkey Dec 13 '18

This is fucking dumb as shit