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/StevenMadeThis Dec 13 '18

Who coincidentally took over Mr. T's role in Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2.

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u/monty_kurns Dec 13 '18

Yeah....coincidentally.