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Top 10 crazy funny Kim Jong Il facts

chrisvdberge — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 10:44:39 +0000

Kim Jung Il was not only a master of propaganda, but he also had some strange habits and suffers from insecurity, delusion and severe OCD. Here are 10 interesting funny facts about Kim Jong Il. These facts are a mixture of propaganda facts (first 5 facts) and 5 real confirmed facts.

Kim Jong Il crazy funny Propaganda fact #1 – Supernatural birth

If we have to believe the official North Korean historical literature, then Kim Jong Il was born in a cabin inside a secret base which was situated on Mt. Paekdu, the most sacred mountain of North Korea.
The story tells that at the time of his birth, a shiny bright star lit up the sky, the seasons spontaneously changed from winter to spring, and rainbows appeared out of nowhere.
Of course this contradicts the facts we know from Western accounts of his birth. According to these accounts Kim Jong Il was born in a guerilla camp somewhere in Russia, while his father was on the run from the Japanese..

Kim Jong Il crazy funny Propaganda fact #2 – Fashion trendsetter

The North Korean newspaper Rodong Sinmun repeatedly wrote about the fact that Kim Jong Ils fashion style had become a global phenomenon. Apparently the look of his zipped up khaki tunics with matching pants had been adapted as a fashion trend around the world. The paper also pointed out that the oversized shades that Kim Jung Il always wears, was a big hit with the women in Hollywood.

Kim Jong Il crazy funny Propaganda fact #3 – The world loves him

The state-run media claimed that Kimg Jong Il is the most prominent statesman in the present world. Not only this, but all people in countries across the whole planet celebrate his birthday with films and festivals.

Kim Jong Il crazy funny Propaganda fact #4 – Kim Jong Il invented the hamburger

Since any American influences have long since been banned in his tiny communist country, Kim Jong Il had no choice but to create some new non-Western food by himself. North Korean newspaper Minju Joson reported that Kim Jong Il invented a new sandwich called “double bread with meat” in an attempt to provide “quality” food to university students. He then built a plant capable of mass hamburger production to feed his students and teachers, despite the fact that the majority of his citizens battle famine on a daily basis.

Kim Jong Il crazy funny Propaganda fact #5 – The best golfer in history

Pyongyang media reported in 1994 that Kim Jong Il played 38 shots under par on an official 18 hole golf course, making 5 holes in one in doing so! That score would be the best in history as it is 25 shots better than the best round ever played. Of course they made it even more amazing (crazy?!) by stating that it was his first time ever he played golf.

Kim Jong Il crazy funny True fact #1 – afraid for addiction

When Kim Jong Il once was injured by falling off his horse, he was afraid of becoming addicted to the painkillers his doctors prescribed him. So he had members of his administrative staff injected daily with the same dosages he had to take. He did this so he wouldn?t be the only one hooked on the drug.
He even let the horse and his dogs take the medication!

Kim Jong Il crazy funny True fact #2 – crazy about movies

He kidnapped two film directors from South Korea to create movies for him.
Kim Jong Il was apparently not pleased with the quality of the film directors of his own country, and had two film makers kidnapped from South Korea.
They were forced to create numerous movies, amongst which the communist propaganda version of Godzilla; Pulgasari.

Kim Jong Il crazy (not so) funny True fact #3 – deporting disabled

He had disabled and short people deported from his capital. In preparation for the World Festival of Youth and Students in 1989, Kim Jong Il had disabled residents removed from Pyongyang. The government also distributed pamphlets advertising a wonder drug that would increase the height of short people. Those who responded to the pamphlets were sent away to different uninhabited islands along with the disabled in an attempt to rid the next generation of their supposedly substandard genes.

Kim Jong Il crazy funny True fact #4 – The Great Drinker

Kim Jong Il was the biggest buyer of Hennessy (cognac).
For a few years in the early 1990s, it was confirmed by Hennessy that Kim Jong Il was it?s best customer, spending about $600,000 to $850,000 annually on the liquor. He is partial to the Paradis cognac, which can sell for over $700 per bottle.
To put this in perspective; the average North Korean makes about $1000 per year.

Kim Jong Il crazy funny True fact #5 – The City of Dreams

He maintained a city that was build just for show.
Kijong-Dong is a city that was originally built in the 50s by Kim Jong Il?s father just for propagande. It was situated right on the border with South Korea, to display the North?s superiority to the South and also to encourage people to defect. The city has no real people living in it, but an real effort has been put in to simulate a functioning city, including lights on set timers, and street sweepers to create the illusion of activity. The use of modern telescopes has revealed that the units lack window glass, and some buildings are just concrete shells that don?t even have interior rooms. The city also houses the world?s largest flagpole, complete with a 300lb. North Korean flag.

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A sloth poops once a week

chrisvdberge — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 08:37:59 +0000

How often does a sloth poop?

Question asked quite often and the answer is remarkable; Only once a week! Thats right, a sloth only comes down from his tree once a week and urinate and defecate on the ground. They dig a hole and cover it up afterwards.
Sloths only move when they really have to and even when they do move, they do it as slowly as possible.
Sloths are considered to be among the most somnolent animals and sleeping 15 to 18 hours a day.

Source: Wikipedia

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Spiders have brains in their feet

chrisvdberge — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 08:14:15 +0000

Brains of small spiders overflow into their legs. This is what Smithsonian researchers report.
The brains of small spiders are of such a size that they fill their body cavities and overflow even into their legs.

“The smaller the animal, the more it has to invest in its brain, which means even very tiny spiders are able to weave a web and perform other fairly complex behaviors,” said William Wcislo, researcher at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama. “We discovered that the central nervous systems of the smallest spiders fill up almost 80 percent of their total body cavity, including about 25 percent of their legs.”

Source: ScienceDaily

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The worlds fastest animals

chrisvdberge — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 21:17:30 +0000

The fastest animals on land, in the air and in the water

The Sailfish is the fastest animal in the sea, with a top speed of 110km/h (68mph)
The Cheetah is the fastest animal on land, with a top speed of over 120km/h in a sprint.
The Pelegrin Falcon is the fastest animal in the air, and the fastest animal over all. The Pelegrin Falcon can achieve a speed of over 325km/h (200mph)!

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There are ants that can explode

chrisvdberge — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 19:03:25 +0000

Exploding ants

In at least nine ant species in Southeast Asia, there are ants that have greatly enlarged mandibular glands. These glands run the entire length of the ant’s body. The ants can release the acid from these glands in a suicidally way; the ant’s body will rupture and it sprays the toxic substance from the head. This is why these kamikaze ants are called the ‘exploding ants’.

Source: Wikipedia

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5 Interesting Thanksgiving Turkey facts

chrisvdberge — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 16:44:51 +0000

After the 5 Interesting Thanksgiving facts, it now is time for 5 interesting turkey facts

Interesting Turkey fact #1: Turkey at Thanksgiving

91% of Americans eat turkey on Thanksgiving.

Interesting Turkey fact #2: 280 million turkeys at Thanksgiving

About 280 million turkeys are sold each year for Thanksgiving. This is about 7 billion pounds of Turkey and $3 billion dollars worth of sales!

Interesting Turkey fact #3: Cranberries

About 20% of all cranberries that are consumed in the US each year are eaten on Thanksgiving with Turkeys!

Interesting Turkey fact #4: Why Turkeys are called Turkeys

The name Turkey comes from the Ottomans who imported “turkey fowls”
In the 16th century, when North American turkeys were first introduced in-mass to Europe, there was another bird that was popularly imported throughout Europe and England -> the guinea fowl. This guinea fowl was imported from Madagascar via the Ottoman Empire. The merchants who did this were known as “turkey merchants”. The guinea fowl themselves eventually were popularly referred to as “turkey fowl”, similar to how other products imported by the Ottoman Empire acquired their names such as “turkey corn”, “turkey wheat”, etc. The North American turkey was thought by many to be a species of the type of guinea fowl and thus people called it also a “turkey fowl”, which was eventually being shortened to just “turkey”

Interesting Turkey fact #5: Most turkeys bred in captivity are not able to mate

Due to the white meat being the most popular part of a turkey, turkeys have been bred to have huge breasts. In fact so much, that most domesticated turkeys are no longer able to mate due to the breasts getting in the way of the male mounting the female. As such, most hatcheries use artificial insemination to fertilize the eggs of the domestic turkey.

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5 Interesting Thanksgiving Facts

chrisvdberge — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 16:20:10 +0000

Interesting Thanksgiving Fact #1: Mary had a little lamb

The author of “Mary had a little lamb” was largely responsible for the establishment of the national Thanksgiving Holiday.
Sarah Joespha Hale, one of the great women in American history, campaigned for nearly 20 years to get Thanksgiving made a national holiday. During her campaign she continually lobbied various congressmen, wrote annual editorials on the subject, wrote annual letters to every governor in the United States and sent a steady stream of letter to the U.S. President as well.

Finally, she was able to convince Abraham Lincoln that it would be a good idea to help unify the country once the civil war was ended. Her final letter to Lincoln on the subject was mailed on September 28th, 1863. After reading it and thinking it over, Lincoln decided to declare the last Thursday of November to be the national Thanksgiving holiday.

Interesting Thanksgiving fact #2: Thanksgiving as a boost for the economy

The date of Thanksgiving was once changed to try and boost the economy. President Franklin Roosevelt decided to change the traditional date of Thanksgiving from the last Thursday of November to the second to last Thursday in November 1939, 1940 and 1941. He did this to extend the Christmas shopping season by a week. Only half of the states went along with this idea however, with Texas even celebrating Thanksgiving on both Thursdays. This became a mess that was settled in congress in 1941. In true congressional form, the date they set was a compromise; Thanksgiving would be celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November, which was sometimes the last and sometimes the second to last Thursday in November.

Interesting Thanksgiving fact #3: Thanksgiving diner, why do we eat what we eat?

The things we eat traditionally at Thanksgiving is for a great part another contribution of Hale. She wrote numerous editorials that were widely circluated outlining various recipes to be used for the Thanksgiving dinner. These included many things that likely would not have been served at the original Thanksgiving, but today they have become traditional thanks to her. The things she put on the Thanksgiving menu were things as turkey, stuffing, pumpkin pie, cranberry sauce, sweet potatoes and mashed potatoes.

Interesting Thanksgiving fact #4: The very first Thanksgiving diner

The only things that are known to have been served on the first Thanksgiving diner were deer, various types of fowl, flint corn, cod, bass and other types of fish.

Interesting Thanksgiving fact #5: Thanksgiving celebrated by Europeans

Thanksgiving was once commonly celebrated throughout the year by Europeans and Americans
Around the time the pilgrims came to America in 1620 it was common in England and many part of Europe to frequently set aside days for giving thanks to God. In the New World, where life was harsh in the beginning, there were numerous opportunities to hold such days of thanks. Any time good crops would come in, anytime drought would end, surviving harsh winter, it all were reasons to celebrate a day of thanking God.

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Dolly Parton Lost a Dolly Parton Look-a-like Contest

chrisvdberge — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 18:04:06 +0000

Dolly Parton Look-a-like contest

Dolla Parton once told that she once lost a look-a-like contest, just like Charlie Chaplin, who once lost a charlie chaplin look-a-like contest as well. She showed up at a Halloween contest because she thought it would be funny to win the contest and then reveal her identity. Very much to her own surprise, she lost the contest however to another woman!
“I didn’t know if they knew it or not and if it was a joke because they used to have all these Dollys down on Santa Monica Boulevard.
They had the contest and I just got in the line and somebody else won. I don’t think they really did know it was me”, Dolly Parton revealed.

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Tomatoes, bananas, grapes and watermelons are all berries

chrisvdberge — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 17:40:59 +0000

Bananas and strawberries, berries?

The official definition of a berry is a fleshy fruit having seeds and pulp produced from a single ovary. This means that there are many ‘strange berries’ which we normally don’t call a berry. Tomatoes, bananas, grapes and watermelons are all berries!

Strawberry is no berry

To make it even weirder, the strawberry is not a real berry! By botanical definition a strawberry is a so called ‘accessory fruit’. These are fruits in which the edible part is not generated by the ovary.