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Deceased North Korean leader Kim Jong Il was a complex, often brutal dictator who prioritised military might and his own bekvämlighet ahead of feeding his own people.

He was also a man who seemed to radiate weirdness.

Perhaps it was his style of dress, or his keen ability to look at things without smiling. Perhaps it was his claim to have invented the hamburger. Whatever the cause, there is no shortage of funny, bizarre and odd facts about Kim Jong Il floating around on the internet.

Here are some of our favourites:

He Was Born beneath A Double Rainbow

According to Kim Jong Il's tjänsteman biography, he was born in a secret military camp on Baekdu Mountain during North Korea's Japanese occupation and his ankomst was prophesised by a double rainbow and marked by the sight of a new star and a swallow in the sky. Unfortunately the truth appears to be more mundane - according to Soviet records, Kim was born in the Siberian village of Vyatskoye in

He Loved Waterslides

The life and times of Kim Jong-il

North Korean leader Kim Jong-il, revered at home by a propaganda machine that turned him into a demi-God and vilified in the West as a temperamental tyrant with a nuclear arsenal, has died, state television reported.

Kim, who was 69 years old, died on Saturday, it said.

He was the unchallenged head of the reclusive state whose economy fell deeper into poverty during his years in power as he vexed the world by developing a nuclear arms program and an arsenal of missiles aimed to hit neighbours Japan and South Korea.

Kim had been portrayed as a criminal mastermind behind deadly bombings, a jovial dinner host, a comic buffoon in Hollywood movies and by the administration of former US president George W Bush as the ruler of "an outpost of tyranny".

He suffered a stroke in August but was thought to have recovered.

Known at home as "the Dear Leader", Kim took over North Korea in when his father and founder of the reclusive state

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During his often oppressive reign over North Korea, Kim Jong Il cultivated a personal mythology that included some outlandish claims. Global Post compiled 10 bizarre bits of reported fact and propaganda from the life of "Dear Leader."

1. Divine birth

Legend has it that a double rainbow and a glowing new star appeared in the heavens to herald the birth of Kim Jong Il, in , on North Korea's cherished Baekdu Mountain. Soviet records, however, indicate he was born in the Siberian village of Vyatskoye, in The people of North Korea, many of whom are reportedly battling famine, are apparently told that Kim's birthday is celebrated throughout the world.

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2. Fear of flying

Perhaps one of the reasons the North Korean leader was so reclusive was his fear of flying, which he inher