His mother grew up in Wichita, Kansas, as the daughter of an American vet who marched with Patton across Europe and a worker on a bomber assembly line. His father grew up herding goats in Africa. There is a lot that we do know about President Barack Hussein Obama, but this article is about the things that you may not know about him.
Especially in uncertain times such as these we are living in today, we can say with certainty that the entire world is interested in finding out more about President Barack Obama.
1. The President does not drink coffee, nor does he indulge himself in alcohol. At his inauguration, while others drank coffee, Barack Obama drank tea. Socially, the president has been known to drink red wine, Jack Daniels, Smirnoff and vodka.
2. President Barack Obama has read all of the books in the Harry Potter series.
3. Interestingly, the godmother of his daughter Malia is none other than the daughter of Jesse Jackson, Santita.
4. After working as a teenager in a Baskin-Robbins ice cream shop, Obama hates ice cream, especially vanilla ice cream.
5. The desk that Barack Obama had while he was working in the Senate off was once the desk of the late Senator Robert F. Kennedy. President Obama has been compared to Senator Kennedy a number of times in reference to the way he has managed to inspire a complete generation, filling them with hope. It is not known if his acquiring the desk came as the result of coincidence or personal request. The desk is made out of mahogany, bearing the signatures of some former owners, such as Paul Simon, Bill Bradley and Henry Cabot Lodge Jr.
6. Barack Obama applied to be in a pin-up calendar during his days at Harvard. However, his application was denied by the committee.
7. President Obama is a man who enjoys his hobbies, one of which is collecting comic books. His favorites include Conan the Barbarian and Spider-Man comic books.
8. Before he won the presidency, he won a Grammy. Barack Obama received the award in 2006 for an audio version of his memoir, “Dreams from My Father”.
9. While he was living in Indonesia, Barack Obama had a pet ape by the name of Tata. In addition, he also partook in the local cuisine, which consisted of snake meat, dog meat and roasted grasshoppers.
10. For good luck, the president carries a bracelet that belonged to a soldier in Iraq, along with a tiny statue of the Madonna and child.
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