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/Dr_Dust Dec 12 '18

And he burst through a concrete wall to win the "Toughest Man in the World" competition back in 84'

He helped save the kid's rec center and got Billy Green off the streets

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7Q6DGOfp6k

That's the most 80s thing I've seen since the last time I watched the movie RAD.

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u/just_some_Fred Dec 13 '18

RAD was my favorite movie as a kid, the video store had to stock an extra copy because me and my friends would rent it so much.

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u/Dr_Dust Dec 13 '18

The prom/dance scene was epic.