(Newser) – As the obituaries of Kim Jong Il pour in, it's hard to miss the fact that he was a profoundly weird guy. The Daily Mirror lists 17 bizarre tidbits about him:

A former chef said staff had to make sure the grains of rice he ate were the same size and color.

He kidnapped two South Korean film directors in 1978 because he thought all the filmmakers in his own country were awful. (He was a film buff with a reported collection of 20,000 foreign films. Loved Rambo.)

When he had to take painkillers after falling off a horse, he made a handful of his staff take the same medication.

He imported more than $500,000 worth of Hennessy per year and insisted that things like roast donkey and live lobsters be flown in fresh to his train during travels. (While his nation starved.)

His official bio at various times claimed he was the world's greatest golfer (five holes-in-ones on his very first round!), could control the weather with his mood, and ... did not defecate.

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