fun dictator facts: Isaias Afwerki (president of Eritrea for nearly 30 years, not a fan of religious minorities, has more-or-less enslaved a huge chunk of his own country) loves Chinese food and regularly calls the chef at the Chinese embassy to cook for him.
Benito Mussolini wrote a romance novel. Also, for some reason (namely, he wasn& #39;t a huge fan of the Catholic church in those days) a biography of Jan Hus.