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50 Strange Things You Didn't Know About Obama
He was known as "O'Bomber" at high school for his skill at basketball His name means "one who is blessed" in Swahili His favorite meal is wife Michelle's shrimp linguini He won a Grammy in 2006 for the audio version of his memoir, Dreams From My Father He is left-handed the sixth post-war president to be left-handed He has read every Harry Potter book He owns a set of red boxing gloves autographed by Muhammad Ali He worked in a Baskin-Robbins ice cream shop as a teenager and now can't stand ice cream His favorite snacks are chocolate-peanut protein bars He ate dog meat, snake meat, and roasted grasshopper while living in Indonesia He can speak Spanish While on the campaign trail he refused to watch CNN and had sports channels on instead His favorite drink is black forest berry iced tea He promised Michelle he would quit smoking before running for president he didn't He kept a pet ape called Tata while in Indonesia He can bench press an impressive 200lbs He was known as Barry until university when he asked to be addressed by his full name His favorite book is Moby-Dick by Herman Melville He visited Wokingham, Berks, in 1996 for the stag party of his half-sister's fiancι, but left when a stripper arrived His desk in his Senate office once belonged to Robert Kennedy He and Michelle made $4.2 million (£2.7 million) last year, with much coming from sales of his books His favorite films are Casablanca and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest He carries a tiny Madonna and child statue and a bracelet belonging to a soldier in Iraq for good luck He applied to appear in a black pin-up calendar while at Harvard but was rejected by the all-female committee. His favorite music includes Miles Davis, Bob Dylan, Bach and The Fugees He took Michelle to see the Spike Lee film Do The Right Thing on their first date He enjoys playing Scrabble and poker He doesn't drink coffee and rarely drinks alcohol He would have liked to have been an architect if he were not a politician As a teenager he took drugs including marijuana and cocaine His daughters' ambitions are to go to Yale before becoming an actress (Malia, 10) and to sing and dance (Sasha, 7) He hates the youth trend for trousers which sag beneath the backside He repaid his student loan only four years ago after signing his book deal His house in Chicago has four fire places Daughter Malia's godmother is Jesse Jackson's daughter Santita He says his worst habit is constantly checking his BlackBerry He uses an Apple Mac laptop He drives a Ford Escape Hybrid, having ditched his gas-guzzling Chrysler 300 He wears $1,500 (£952) Hart Schaffner Marx suits He owns four identical pairs of black size 11 shoes He has his hair cut once a week by his Chicago barber, Zariff, who charges $21 (£13) His favorite fictional television programs are Mash and The Wire He was given the code name "Renegade" by his Secret Service handlers He was nicknamed "Bar" by his late grandmother He plans to install a basketball court in the White House grounds His favorite artist is Pablo Picasso His specialty as a cook is chili He has said many of his friends in Indonesia were "street urchins" He keeps on his desk a carving of a wooden hand holding an egg, a Kenyan symbol of the fragility of life His late father was a senior economist for the Kenyan government |
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