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===Cult of personality===
===Cult of personality===
Although not to the same extent as [[Kim Il Sung]], North Koreans venerated Kim Jong Il under a similar cult of personality. Some examples of Kim Jong Il's personality cult:
Although not to the same extent as [[Kim Il Sung]], North Koreans venerated Kim Jong Il under a similar cult of personality. Some examples of outlandish claims that were part of Kim Jong Il's personality cult:
*He was born under a double rainbow on the sacred Baektul Mountain in 1942. At the moment of his birth, a bright star lit up the sky, the seasons spontaneously changed from winter to spring and a double rainbow appeared in the sky. (In truth, he was born in Vyatskoye, Siberia in 1941.)<ref>http://asianhistory.about.com/od/profilesofasianleaders/p/BioKimJongil.htm</ref>
*He was claimed to have been born under a double rainbow on the sacred Baektul Mountain in 1942. At the moment of his birth, a bright star lit up the sky, the seasons spontaneously changed from winter to spring and a double rainbow appeared in the sky. (In truth, he was born in Vyatskoye, Siberia in 1941.)<ref>http://asianhistory.about.com/od/profilesofasianleaders/p/BioKimJongil.htm</ref>
*At the age of four, "he smeared a Japanese map with black ink, then a stormy rain poured down on Japan."
*He was claimed to have, at the age of four, "smeared a Japanese map with black ink, then a stormy rain poured down on Japan."
*He was claimed to have, the very first time he ever played golf, [https://www.cybergolf.com/golf_news/alltime_golf_scoring_record_goes_with_death_of_kim_jong_il scored 11 holes-in-one] on an 18-hole golf course. (The odds of doing that even over a four month period have been calculated to be 12 septillion to 1.)
===Military First===
===Military First===