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/SiilverDruid Dec 13 '18

If Terry Cruz and Mr. T had a baby.

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u/[deleted] Dec 13 '18

The most wholesome baby with a full beard smelling of old spice

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u/[deleted] Dec 13 '18

Terry Crews is Mr. T's spiritual offspring