Kim Jong-il
- It is said that Kim Jong-il’s birth was heralded by a double rainbow and spring started immediately
- Kim Jong -il ate with special chopsticks that could detect poison
- The North Korean leader once tried breeding giant rabbits to aleviate famine in North Korea
- In 1950, he built an entire city called Kijong-Dong solely for propoganda. Even today it remains uninhabited (Guardian UK)
- Kim Jong Il claimed to have invented the hamburger in 2004 (ABC News)
- North Korean media reported that they beat Brazil 1-0 in their 2010 World Cup match. Brazil actually won 2-1
- Kim Jong Il was also known as ‘The Central Brain’
- Some claim that Kim Jong-il died in 2006 from diabetes and was replaced internationally but bodyguard doubles
- The dear leader wrote over 6 operas and a South Korean film director claimed Kim even kidnapped him and his movie star wife in the late 1970s, and forced them to make a Godzilla movie.
- Kim Jong Il had a fear of flying and always travelled by train or car
- He collected over 20,000 movies and his favourite was Rambo
- Kim Jong Il is a keen roller bladder (ABC News Australia)
- Once on a trip to Russia, he had live lobsters delivered to him in advance at train stations and even a roast donkey was flown in (independent UK)
