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The latest rumors of Kim Jong Un’s deteriorating health should come as no surprise. His indulgent lifestyle, chronicled by former NBA star Dennis Rodman among others, includes a love of cigarettes, liquor, and the Swiss cheese he reportedly acquired a taste for during his student days in Bern. 

All are addictive habits designed to clog one’s arteries, damage one’s lungs, and expand one’s waistline.

Still, for a 36-year-old to have let his body deteriorate so rapidly is rather astonishing. His grandfather, after