Chuck Norris was also an Internet legend: Here are the best ‘facts’ about him

First he was famous for his fighting, and then for form onscreen, before the internet made him famous for his “facts.” After a successful career as an action star, most notably appearing in more than 200 episodes of Walker, Texas Ranger, Chuck Norris found himself once again in the spotlight in the early 2000s — this one cast by the digital era. One of the original social media memes, “Chuck Norris Facts” turned the martial artist’s knack for playing tough guys into the stuff of internet legends. It came after a cameo in 2004’s Dodgeball, in which Norris plays himself,…