Chuck Norris is a full-on phenomenon, and this all amuses -- and confuses -- the man himself. "I think, 'How do these kids come up with these?' It's incredible," Norris says of the "facts." "It's mind blowing, truthfully, but I take it as an extreme...
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Chuck Norris is a full-on phenomenon, and this all amuses -- and confuses -- the man himself. "I think, 'How do these kids come up with these?' It's incredible," Norris says of the "facts." "It's mind blowing, truthfully, but I take it as an extreme compliment from these kids." His favorites? "'They wanted to put Chuck Norris on Mt. Rushmore, but the granite wasn't tough enough for his beard,'" Norris says. "Or, 'When Chuck Norris does pushups, he doesn't push up. He pushes the earth down.'" These kids might never recognize the kid Norris once was: scrawny, uncoordinated, raised by a single mom in Oklahoma. He joined the Air Force in 1958, after high school, and discovered martial arts while stationed in Korea. He came home with a black belt. He began competing in order to drum up business for his karate studio and went on to win six world titles. But contrary to the one-liner superlatives, Norris doesn't consider toughness to be his greatest attribute. "If I use one word, I would have... See less 
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