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TIL: Laurence Tureaud chose the professional moniker Mr. T because he was fed up with white people calling his father, uncle, and brother "boy" after they returned from Vietnam. When people spoke to him, he wanted "Mister" to be the first word they spoke.

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TIL: Laurence Tureaud chose the professional moniker Mr. T because he was fed up with white people calling his father, uncle, and brother "boy" after they returned from Vietnam. When people spoke to him, he wanted "Mister" to be the first word they spoke.	117	todayilearned