he must hav been ova hs head.

On Monday, the North Korean
government announced the
death of their supreme leader,
Kim Jong-Il. Kim was the so-called
Democratic People's Republic of
Korea's dictator since 1994, and
he was at the center of an
elaborate personality cult that
cemented his iron grip on
power.
A traditional dictator who
starved his population to pay for
a million-man army and nuclear
weapons program, Kim
nevertheless had a sense of style
and tastes that only an absolute
leader could attain.
[See a collection of pictures of of
King Jong-Il.]
But none of this could come from
a mere mortal. So the dictator
shrouded his personality in
legend and myth, with many
North Koreans believing that Kim
possessed magical powers. State
propaganda perpetuated claims
of Kim's talents as well, and many
North Koreans grew up believing
that their leader is a world-
renowned fashion icon, the
inventor of the hamburger, and
their country's national soccer
coach, among other towering
achievements.
From fine spirits to operatic
masterpieces, here's a closer look
at five things you might not have
known about North Korea's
recently-deceased "Dear Leader":
Supernatural and unnatural
powers
According to his official
biography, Kim Jong-Il was born
on Mount Paekdu, the highest
point on the Korean peninsula,
under a double rainbow. The
moment of his birth was foretold
by the flight of a swallow and the
appearance of a bright, new star
in the sky. Three weeks later, Kim
was able to walk. And, only five
weeks after that, he began to
speak.
That same biography also
explained that the Supreme
Commander never made a bowel
movement.
Cognac enthusiast
The North Korean leader was
reportedly obsessed with
Hennessy, a world-leading brand
of Cognac. A single bottle of
Hennessy retails for around $630
a bottle in North Korea - just
$270 less than a typical North
Korean family's annual average
income of $900. Kim spent over
$800,000 per year on the liquor,
making him Hennessy's largest
customer over the past 10 years.
[See a collection of political
cartoons on North Korea.]
World-class golfer
In 1994, the very first time he
played golf, Kim Jong-Il
dominated the 7,700-yard
Pyongyang Golf Course. He shot
an unimaginable 38-under par,
recording no worse than a birdie
at the country's lone golf course.
His round included 11 holes-in-
one, and the feat was verified by
17 bodyguards who were
present.
Movie lover
Kim Jong-Il owned over 20,000
movies and wrote books about
filmmaking. In an effort to jump-
start the North Korean film
industry, he kidnapped two
South Koreans—Shin Sang-ok, a
director, and his wife Choi Eun-
hee, a top actress in 1978. Jong-Il
reportedly force-fed the two
grass while making them shoot
his cinematic debut: A "Godzilla"
rip-off titled "Pulgasari." The
dictator held the couple captive
for eight years. He made a fatal
mistake when he took the two to
Austria to discuss the film's
distribution, and they escaped to
safety at the American embassy
after a car-chase with North
Korean bodyguards.
Famed composer
During an intensely creative two
year span, Kim Jong-Il composed
six operas. His 1974 book, On the
Art of Opera: Talk to Creative
Workers in the Field of Art and
Literature, discusses how Kim
and his father revived the genre
by pioneering the combination
of dance and song on stage. One
of the dictator's plays, "Sea of
Blood"—which chronicles the
violence of the Japanese
occupation before World War II
—has been staged over 1,500
times, and Korea News Service
has called it an "immortal
classical masterpiece."