If you think heartthrob Matthew McConaughey always had it easy, you couldn't be more wrong. Before he turned into 'Magic Mike's' male-stripping wonder, he had to deal with a lot of crap back in his Australian homeland.

No, really, he literally handled crap. It was all part of his job cleaning out chicken coops. We'd like to think it turned him into the man he is today, because he'd probably would never have achieved stud muffin status without all those arm workouts he got shoveling bird excrement.

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