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TIL that the film Mask (1985) is actually based on the true story of Roy Lee "Rocky" Dennis, an American boy who had craniodiaphyseal dysplasia, an extremely rare sclerotic bone disorder occurring in approximately one in every 220 million births, with fewer than 20 recorded cases.

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