20 little known facts about Chuck Norris --
1. He is the only man to ever break the sound barrier with his fastball -- and he arrived at the plate in time to catch it himself (barehanded).
2. He once played all nine positions in a major league baseball game -- at the same time.
3. The Texas Rangers were named after his TV show, Walker Texas Ranger.
4. He earned a black belt before birth.
5. He is the only man to bat over 1.000 for a single season. He was hitting .998 going into his final at bat and then hit three doubles in his final turn at the plate.
6. Ground chuck was named after him. So was Chuck-e-cheese.
7. President George Herbert Walker Bush was named after his TV show, Walker, Texas Ranger. So was Larry Walker.
8. He was secretly married to Marilyn Monroe at the age of 12. She claimed that he ruined other men for her.
9. He was the member of Seal Team Six who shot Osama Bin Laden (all right, I guess that one isn't so "little known").
10. His fists move so fast that they often appear to be standing still.
11. He is the only man ever to throw a baseball cross country -- with his glove hand..
12. When he founded his first martial arts school, Steve McQueen, Pope Paul XXIII, the Dalai Lama and Ruth Bader Ginsburg were among his first clients.
13. He speaks 17 languages fluently without moving his lips.
14. He once robbed Mickey Mantle of a home run by leaping into the third deck of Yankee Stadium -- while pitching.
15. He once pitched both ends of a doubleheader -- for both teams. He won each game by hitting a home run off himself. He was otherwise perfect.
16. He ended the Korean War.
17. He invented Facebook, mustard and Leggos all in the same day.
18. He invented the curveball when batters refused to bat against his fastball.
19. He owns Thailand.
20. He played SIM once and earned HOF status in his only game. His owner rating was 3 million and change, a record that stands to this day. And he played blindfolded.