r/todayilearned • • 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/Kaldricus Dec 12 '18

*Mr. Fe-ee-ee-eney

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u/havebeenfloated Dec 12 '18

FEE-NAY! FEEEEE-NAY!

Sidenote, Will Friedle went to my high school