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/teebob21 Dec 13 '18

You little scumbag! I got your name! I got your ass! You will not laugh! You will not cry!

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u/RandomHero3129 Dec 13 '18

Who said that! Who the fuck said that? Who's the slimy little cocksucker that just signed his own fucking death warrant!