In that case, go discuss that with Connery. He said he refused them because 'he didn't understand the script' and he still doesn't after seeing the movie.
They're pretty much the exact same as Chuck Norris jokes. I first saw them on a website where you clicked a button to "generate" a Vin Diesel fact. Eventually Chuck Norris had a cameo in Dodgeball, and Conan had the whole "Walker Texas Ranger lever", so the site owner decided that Chuck Norris was a more viable name. He changed it over to Chuck Norris facts and the internet ran with it.
One Vin fact I remember: The boulder in Temple of Doom is actually made from a mold of one of Vin Diesel's testicles.