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TIL Sylvester Stallone's iconic facial features, especially around the mouth area, is due to the fact that he was born at the hands of an intern because they couldn't afford a real doctor. The intern accidentally paralyzed the motor nerves on the left side of his face, and took 4 years to recover.

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