Chuck Norris Facts: It's His Birthday Today!
Move over, Jon Hamm, Olivia Wilde and Carrie Underwood.
You're lucky that martial artist, actor, rugged tough guy and true American hero Chuck Norris, who turns 71 today, allowed you to be born March 10 as well.
Despite starring on Walker: Texas Ranger and compiling dozens of other TV and film credits, Norris' contribution to the Internet may be even more significant.
In 2005, a phenomenon known as the Chuck Norris Facts first surfaced. These feats attributable to Norris and Norris alone will forever cement his greatness:
Some little-known, irrefutable facts about Chuck Norris include ...
- Chuck Norris’ tears cure cancer. Too bad he has never cried.
- Chuck Norris counted to infinity – twice.
- Chuck Norris has already been to Mars; that’s why there are no signs of life there.
- Chuck Norris does not hunt because the word hunting infers the probability of failure. Chuck Norris goes killing.
- If you can see Chuck Norris, he can see you. If you can’t see Chuck Norris, you may be only seconds away from death.
Pair of Celebs Helps Barack Obama, Mike Huckabee in Iowa
One is a sexy Hollywood starlet.
The other is an aging actor who, according to the Internet, once sold his soul to the devil in exchange for unparalleled martial arts skills, then - in an ironic twist - roundhouse kicked the devil in the face and took his soul back.
So what do Scarlett Johansson and Chuck Norris have in common?
They both backed winners in Thursday's Iowa caucuses. Yes, with a little help from their celebrity fans, Democrat Barack Obama and Republican Mike Huckabee emerged victorious in Iowa's first-in-the-nation vote.
While Chuck Norris, 67, stumped for Mike Huckabee in December and was with him last night, Johansson, 23, was by Obama's side, speaking at a rally for high school and college-aged "Barack Stars" in Coralville, Iowa, this week.
Scarlett Johansson urged younger Democrats in Iowa to help deliver a Barack Obama victory, and they obliged as the Illinois senator won the caucus.
"She actually seemed a little shy when she started speaking," audience member Jason Millsap said. "But she warmed up to the crowd ... It was pretty exciting and inspiring to see someone as big as her come and talk to her peers."
"[Scarlett Johansson] was asked a question as to why she chose to support Barack Obama and answered it very well, in my opinion," added high schooler and caucus goer Peter Caroll. "She [explained] how she did research him and found Obama to be [passionate about] most of the issues she deemed important."
Young voters, like Johansson and her fellow Barack Stars, may have been a key to Barack Obama's victory over John Edwards and Hillary Clinton. Obama took an estimated 57 percent of the under-30 vote, according to CNN.
Chuck Norris Supports Mike Huckabee
Oprah Winfrey loves Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama. So do countless former stars of The OC and other celebrities from film and TV.
Well, another upstart political contender has gotten his own boost of star power - from an actor and martial arts master whose chief export is pain.
Governor Mike Huckabee, a 2008 Republican presidential candidate, has made a hilarious campaign ad with Chuck Norris called HuckChuckFacts.
In it, Mike Huckabee refers to several "Chuck Norris facts" - the tall tales about Norris that have become an Internet phenomenon in recent years - while Norris tells real facts about the former Arkansas Governor and his plans for America.
"When Chuck Norris does a push-up, he's pushing the Earth down."
