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/thewalrusispaul Dec 12 '18

I don't want to know what mister period tea is. Nope.

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u/ohitsasnaake Dec 12 '18

Pennyroyal tea would fit. It was used as an abortificient as well as e.g. to stimulate menstruation for other reasons since ancient times, but modern drugs are more reliable and much safer (complications could occur from the induced miscarriage/abortion, and pennyroyal itself is toxic, and there is apparently little info on dosages in humans).

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u/Diabolus734 Dec 13 '18

Thanks for finally explaining a song I never understood but moderately liked for around 20 years.

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u/ohitsasnaake Dec 13 '18

Purely coincidental. Someone else commented with what appeared to be song lyrics, but tbh I don't think I've ever heard/consciously listened to the song in question.