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"Now, as a nation, we don't promise equal outcomes, but we were founded on the idea everybody should have an equal opportunity to succeed. No matter who you are, what you look like, where you come from, you can make it. That's an essential promise of America. Where you start should not determine where you end up"

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"Now, as a nation, we don't promise equal outcomes, but we were founded on the idea everybody should have an equal opportunity to succeed. No matter who you are, what you look like, where you come from, you can make it. That's an essential promise of America. Where you start should not determine where you end up"

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Now, as a nation, we don't promise equal outcomes, but we were founded on the idea everybody should have an equal opportunity to succeed. No matter who you are, what you look like, where you come from, you can make it. That's an essential promise of America. Where you start should not determine where you end up.

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"We, the People, recognize that we have responsibilities as well as rights; that our destinies are bound together; that a freedom which only asks what's in it for me, a freedom without a commitment to others, a freedom without love or charity or duty or patriotism, is unworthy of our founding ideals, and those who died in their defense"

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We, the People, recognize that we have responsibilities as well as rights; that our destinies are bound together; that a freedom which only asks what's in it for me, a freedom without a commitment to others, a freedom without love or charity or duty or patriotism, is unworthy of our founding ideals, and those who died in their defense.

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"We, the People, recognize that we have responsibilities as well as rights; that our destinies are bound together; that a freedom which only asks what's in it for me, a freedom without a commitment to others, a freedom without love or charity or duty..." - Barack Obama quotes from BrainyQuote.com

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"Money is not the only answer, but it makes a difference"

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"If you're walking down the right path and you're willing to keep walking, eventually you'll make progress." - Barack Obama quotes from BrainyQuote.com

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'If you're walking down the right path and you're willing to keep walking, eventually you'll make progress"

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"Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek." - Barack Obama quotes from BrainyQuote.com

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"Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for"

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"Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek." - Barack Obama quotes from BrainyQuote.com

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He calls himself a mutt

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1. He watches HBO's "Entourage"

2. He predicted UNC to win the Final Four

3. He rooted for the Pittsburgh Steelers in the Superbowl

4. His favorite basketball player is his daughter Sasha

5. He plans to vacation on Martha's Vineyard in Massachusetts

6. He and Bill Cosby are the only people to ever get free food from Ben's Chili Bowl

7. He reads Harry Potter stories to his daughters

8. He goes to Wizards games and roots for the Chicago Bulls

9. He cursed and used the n-word in his audio book, "Dreams From My Father"

10. He has Jay Z and Ludacris on his iPod

11. He is a fan of show-tunes and gave an iPod full of them to the Queen of England

12. He loves playing Scrabble

13. He moved to Chicago and worked as a director of the Developing Communities Project after college

14. The top contributors to his presidential campaign include Goldman Sachs, University of California, Citigroup Inc., Harvard University, Moveon.org and Time Warner.

15. He was introduced to dog meat (tough), snake meat (tougher), and roasted grasshopper in Indonesia

16. "His first car had so much rust that there was a rusted hole in the passenger door" -Michelle Obama

17. He says his favorite children's book is "Where the Wild Things Are"

18. He calls himself a mutt

19. His favorite president is Abraham Lincoln

20. His first date with wife, Michelle Obama was a movie. "Do The Right Thing"

21. His height is 6′ 1½"

22. His sister is a teacher

23. He learned how to play cricket in Trinidad and Tobago

24. He owns a pair of boxing gloves signed by Muhammad Ali

25. He was born at the Kapi'olani Medical Center for Women & Children

26. He traveled to Kenya in 1988 and met many of his paternal relatives

27. He traveled back to Kenya as a Senator in 2006 and was given a hero's welcome

28. He has a beer named after him in Kenya

29. He directed Illinois' Project Vote in 1992

30. He collects Spider-Man and Conan the Barbarian comics

31. He has a comic book with Spiderman and a Barack the Barbarian comic book.

32. His favorite meal is wife Michelle's shrimp linguini

33. He worked in a Baskin-Robbins ice cream shop as a teenager. Now he can't stand ice cream

34. His daughter Sasha, on the other hand, is a big fan of ice cream

35. His favorite snacks are chocolate-peanut protein bars

36. He is the first President with a Blackberry

37. He uses an Apple Mac laptop

38. He is left-handed

39. His daughter's name, Malia, is a Hawaiian name

40. He gets his hair cut once a week

41. His favorite musical artists are Bruce Springsteen and Bob Dylan

42. His favorite show is "The Wire"

43. His favorite artist is Pablo Picasso

44. His grandfather was affiliated with the Kenyan revolutionary Mau Mau movement

45. He and his wife donated $25,000 to the United Negro College fund

46. He changed his name from Barry back to Barack in College to assert his identity

47. He majored in Political Science at Columbia University

48. He was in the Black Student's Union at both Occidental and Columbia

49. His late father was a senior economist for the Kenyan government

50. He keeps on his desk a carving of a wooden hand holding an egg, a Kenyan symbol for the fragility of life

51. His favorite drink is black forest berry iced tea

52. In high school, he was known as "Barry"

53. He likes Beyonce's song, "Single Ladies"

54. His daughter,Malia's godmother is Jesse Jackson's daughter, Santita

55. He can't bowl

56. He hit three straight three-pointers at a military base

57. He would have liked to be an architect if he were not a politician

58. He can speak Spanish

59. He kept a pet ape called Tata while in Indonesia

60. He can bench press an impressive 200lbs

61. He applied to appear in a black pin-up calendar while at Harvard but was rejected by the all-female committee.

62. He was given the code name "Renegade" by his Secret Service handlers

63. He doesn't like young people wearing baggy pants

64. He can't grow facial hair, only whiskers

65. He wears Hart Schaffner Marx suits

66. His father grew up herding goats

67. His maternal grandfather fought in World War II

68. He was only one of three black students at Punahou Academy, in Hawaii

69. He saw his father only once in 1971 for a Christmas visit

70. He is distantly related to Vice President Dick Cheney

71. His high school yearbook picture inscription thanks "Tut," "Gramps," and the "Choom Gang." Choom is Hawaiian slang for "pot smoking"

72. His paternal grandfather was outright opposed to his son's marriage to Ann Durnham because he thought his son was neglecting his ex-wife and two children in Kenya. He was also concerned that Ann was white

73. Some of his maternal ancestors were slave owners

74. He did a good imitation of Jesse Jackson while he was at Harvard

75. He does a good job imitating Marlon Brando in "The Godfather"

76. His schoolmates in Indonesia nicknamed him "Curly Eyelashes"

77. He used to work in construction

78. He once said the three men he admired the most were Mahatma Gandhi, Abraham Lincoln, and Martin Luther King, Jr

79. His name means "one who is blessed" in Swahili

80. His favorite book is "Moby-Dick" by Herman Melville

81. His parents met in Russian class

82. He enjoys playing poker.

83. He is distantly related to Brad Pitt

84. He used to drive a Chrysler 300m

85. He watches his daughter Sasha's basketball games

86. He is the first President to appear on a late night talk show

87. He has said many of his friends in Indonesia were "street urchins"

88. He was nicknamed "Bear" by his late grandmother

89. He owns four identical pairs of black, size 11 shoes

90. He carries a tiny Madonna and child statue and a bracelet belonging to a soldier in Iraq for good luck

91. He promised Michelle he would quit smoking before running for president. He didn't

92. Before he moved to the White House, he drove a Ford Escape Hybrid

93. His cousin on Michelle's side is a rabbi

94. His old desk in his Senate office once belonged to Robert Kennedy

95. His daughter Sasha's real name is Natasha

96. He has seven half-brothers and sisters in Kenya from his father's other marriages

97. He worked as a summer associate at the Sidley Austin law firm in Chicago

98. He lost a Congressional election in Illinois to Bobby Rush in 2000

99. He answers one letter a day from people across the country

100. His favorite dish to cook is chili

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100 Fun Facts About Obama for 100 Days as Prez

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1. He watches HBO's "Entourage" 2. He predicted UNC to win the Final Four 3. He rooted for the Pittsburgh Steelers in the Superbowl 4. His favorite basketball player is his daughter Sasha 5. He plans to vacation on Martha's Vineyard in Massachusetts 6.

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He was born at the Kapi’olani Medical Center for Women & Children

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1. He watches HBO's "Entourage"

2. He predicted UNC to win the Final Four

3. He rooted for the Pittsburgh Steelers in the Superbowl

4. His favorite basketball player is his daughter Sasha

5. He plans to vacation on Martha's Vineyard in Massachusetts

6. He and Bill Cosby are the only people to ever get free food from Ben's Chili Bowl

7. He reads Harry Potter stories to his daughters

8. He goes to Wizards games and roots for the Chicago Bulls

9. He cursed and used the n-word in his audio book, "Dreams From My Father"

10. He has Jay Z and Ludacris on his iPod

11. He is a fan of show-tunes and gave an iPod full of them to the Queen of England

12. He loves playing Scrabble

13. He moved to Chicago and worked as a director of the Developing Communities Project after college

14. The top contributors to his presidential campaign include Goldman Sachs, University of California, Citigroup Inc., Harvard University, Moveon.org and Time Warner.

15. He was introduced to dog meat (tough), snake meat (tougher), and roasted grasshopper in Indonesia

16. "His first car had so much rust that there was a rusted hole in the passenger door" -Michelle Obama

17. He says his favorite children's book is "Where the Wild Things Are"

18. He calls himself a mutt

19. His favorite president is Abraham Lincoln

20. His first date with wife, Michelle Obama was a movie. "Do The Right Thing"

21. His height is 6′ 1½"

22. His sister is a teacher

23. He learned how to play cricket in Trinidad and Tobago

24. He owns a pair of boxing gloves signed by Muhammad Ali

25. He was born at the Kapi'olani Medical Center for Women & Children

26. He traveled to Kenya in 1988 and met many of his paternal relatives

27. He traveled back to Kenya as a Senator in 2006 and was given a hero's welcome

28. He has a beer named after him in Kenya

29. He directed Illinois' Project Vote in 1992

30. He collects Spider-Man and Conan the Barbarian comics

31. He has a comic book with Spiderman and a Barack the Barbarian comic book.

32. His favorite meal is wife Michelle's shrimp linguini

33. He worked in a Baskin-Robbins ice cream shop as a teenager. Now he can't stand ice cream

34. His daughter Sasha, on the other hand, is a big fan of ice cream

35. His favorite snacks are chocolate-peanut protein bars

36. He is the first President with a Blackberry

37. He uses an Apple Mac laptop

38. He is left-handed

39. His daughter's name, Malia, is a Hawaiian name

40. He gets his hair cut once a week

41. His favorite musical artists are Bruce Springsteen and Bob Dylan

42. His favorite show is "The Wire"

43. His favorite artist is Pablo Picasso

44. His grandfather was affiliated with the Kenyan revolutionary Mau Mau movement

45. He and his wife donated $25,000 to the United Negro College fund

46. He changed his name from Barry back to Barack in College to assert his identity

47. He majored in Political Science at Columbia University

48. He was in the Black Student's Union at both Occidental and Columbia

49. His late father was a senior economist for the Kenyan government

50. He keeps on his desk a carving of a wooden hand holding an egg, a Kenyan symbol for the fragility of life

51. His favorite drink is black forest berry iced tea

52. In high school, he was known as "Barry"

53. He likes Beyonce's song, "Single Ladies"

54. His daughter,Malia's godmother is Jesse Jackson's daughter, Santita

55. He can't bowl

56. He hit three straight three-pointers at a military base

57. He would have liked to be an architect if he were not a politician

58. He can speak Spanish

59. He kept a pet ape called Tata while in Indonesia

60. He can bench press an impressive 200lbs

61. He applied to appear in a black pin-up calendar while at Harvard but was rejected by the all-female committee.

62. He was given the code name "Renegade" by his Secret Service handlers

63. He doesn't like young people wearing baggy pants

64. He can't grow facial hair, only whiskers

65. He wears Hart Schaffner Marx suits

66. His father grew up herding goats

67. His maternal grandfather fought in World War II

68. He was only one of three black students at Punahou Academy, in Hawaii

69. He saw his father only once in 1971 for a Christmas visit

70. He is distantly related to Vice President Dick Cheney

71. His high school yearbook picture inscription thanks "Tut," "Gramps," and the "Choom Gang." Choom is Hawaiian slang for "pot smoking"

72. His paternal grandfather was outright opposed to his son's marriage to Ann Durnham because he thought his son was neglecting his ex-wife and two children in Kenya. He was also concerned that Ann was white

73. Some of his maternal ancestors were slave owners

74. He did a good imitation of Jesse Jackson while he was at Harvard

75. He does a good job imitating Marlon Brando in "The Godfather"

76. His schoolmates in Indonesia nicknamed him "Curly Eyelashes"

77. He used to work in construction

78. He once said the three men he admired the most were Mahatma Gandhi, Abraham Lincoln, and Martin Luther King, Jr

79. His name means "one who is blessed" in Swahili

80. His favorite book is "Moby-Dick" by Herman Melville

81. His parents met in Russian class

82. He enjoys playing poker.

83. He is distantly related to Brad Pitt

84. He used to drive a Chrysler 300m

85. He watches his daughter Sasha's basketball games

86. He is the first President to appear on a late night talk show

87. He has said many of his friends in Indonesia were "street urchins"

88. He was nicknamed "Bear" by his late grandmother

89. He owns four identical pairs of black, size 11 shoes

90. He carries a tiny Madonna and child statue and a bracelet belonging to a soldier in Iraq for good luck

91. He promised Michelle he would quit smoking before running for president. He didn't

92. Before he moved to the White House, he drove a Ford Escape Hybrid

93. His cousin on Michelle's side is a rabbi

94. His old desk in his Senate office once belonged to Robert Kennedy

95. His daughter Sasha's real name is Natasha

96. He has seven half-brothers and sisters in Kenya from his father's other marriages

97. He worked as a summer associate at the Sidley Austin law firm in Chicago

98. He lost a Congressional election in Illinois to Bobby Rush in 2000

99. He answers one letter a day from people across the country

100. His favorite dish to cook is chili

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100 Fun Facts About Obama for 100 Days as Prez

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1. He watches HBO's "Entourage" 2. He predicted UNC to win the Final Four 3. He rooted for the Pittsburgh Steelers in the Superbowl 4. His favorite basketball player is his daughter Sasha 5. He plans to vacation on Martha's Vineyard in Massachusetts 6.

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Barack Obama is the 44th president of the United States, but there is a lot more to know about this popular president. He's won a Grammy, read every single book in the Harry Potter series and carries a tiny Madonna and child statue for good luck. Here are 50 interesting things you probably didn't know about President Obama.

1. He's bi-racial with a white mother and African father from Kenya. His parents met in 1960 in a Russian class at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, where his father was a foreign student on scholarship.

2. His father, Barack Hussein Obama was a Kenyan government official and a goat herder. His Stanley Ann (Dunham) Obama Soetoro is an anthropologist.

3. His full name is Barack Hussein Obama, Jr.

4. He was born August 4, 1961 in Honlulu, Hawaii. He lived in Indonesia for four years with his mother and stepfather before returning to Hawaii to live with his maternal grandparents.

5. His grandmother had cute nicknames for him including Bear and Bar.

6. He was known as "O'Bomber" at high school for his skill at basketball.

7. Obama was known as Barry growing up, but after going to university, he asked to be addressed by his full name.

8. He is an orphan. His father died in a car accident in Kenya in 1982, and his mother died of ovarian cancer in 1995.

9. Barack can speak Indonesian and some Spanish.

10. While on the campaign trail he refused to watch CNN and had sports channels on instead.

11. Before his inauguration as the 44th President of the United States, Barack Obama wrote a letter to his daughters for Parade Magazine. This letter was intended for his daughters and every other child in America.

12. He has read every Harry Potter book with Malia, his eldest daughter.

13. Obama won Best Spoken Word Album Grammy Awards for abridged audiobook versions of Dreams from My Father in February 2006 and for The Audacity of Hope in February 2008. He beat Bill Clinton who was seeking his third Grammy with Giving: How Each of Us Can Change the World, a call to public service.

14. Obama's go-to drink is black forest berry iced tea.

15. He has a beer named after him in Kenya.

16. He promised Michelle he would quit smoking before running for president - but he was unfortunately unable to kick the habit. He did reportedly quit in 2010.

17. He is the first U.S. president to tweet. His account @BarackObama currently has over 41 million followers.

18. Obama's favorite TV shows are Homeland starring Claire Danes and Damian Lewis, and The Wire.

19. What would Obama being doing if politics hadn't worked out? He would have been an architect.

20. He's a well groomed man. He has his hair cut once a week by his Chicago barber, Zariff, who charges $21.

21. He loves the sport so much, he plans to install a basketball court in the White House grounds. He might have to get started soon on this plan.

22. Don't mess with him, Obama can bench press an impressive 200lbs.

23. He dislike it when youngsters wear sagging trousers which reveal their underwear. During an interview on MTV, Obama said laws that prohibit sagging trousers (yes, they did exist) are "a waste of time ... Having said that, brothers should pull up their pants. You are walking by your mother, your grandmother, your underwear is showing. What's wrong with that? Come on. Some people might not want to see your underwear. I'm one of them."

24. He was named Time Magazine's "Person of the Year" in 2008. He was then awarded the Nobel Peace Prize although some critics said it was too soon since he had only been recently elected as president.

25. Obama is a Christian and a former member of the Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago.

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Barack Obama is the 44th president of the United States, but there is a lot more to know about this popular president. He's won a Grammy, read every single book in the Harry Potter series and carries a tiny Madonna and child statue for good luck.

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Barack Obama is the 44th president of the United States, but there is a lot more to know about this popular president. He's won a Grammy, read every single book in the Harry Potter series and carries a tiny Madonna and child statue for good luck. Here are 50 interesting things you probably didn't know about President Obama.

1. He's bi-racial with a white mother and African father from Kenya. His parents met in 1960 in a Russian class at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, where his father was a foreign student on scholarship.

2. His father, Barack Hussein Obama was a Kenyan government official and a goat herder. His Stanley Ann (Dunham) Obama Soetoro is an anthropologist.

3. His full name is Barack Hussein Obama, Jr.

4. He was born August 4, 1961 in Honlulu, Hawaii. He lived in Indonesia for four years with his mother and stepfather before returning to Hawaii to live with his maternal grandparents.

5. His grandmother had cute nicknames for him including Bear and Bar.

6. He was known as "O'Bomber" at high school for his skill at basketball.

7. Obama was known as Barry growing up, but after going to university, he asked to be addressed by his full name.

8. He is an orphan. His father died in a car accident in Kenya in 1982, and his mother died of ovarian cancer in 1995.

9. Barack can speak Indonesian and some Spanish.

10. While on the campaign trail he refused to watch CNN and had sports channels on instead.

11. Before his inauguration as the 44th President of the United States, Barack Obama wrote a letter to his daughters for Parade Magazine. This letter was intended for his daughters and every other child in America.

12. He has read every Harry Potter book with Malia, his eldest daughter.

13. Obama won Best Spoken Word Album Grammy Awards for abridged audiobook versions of Dreams from My Father in February 2006 and for The Audacity of Hope in February 2008. He beat Bill Clinton who was seeking his third Grammy with Giving: How Each of Us Can Change the World, a call to public service.

14. Obama's go-to drink is black forest berry iced tea.

15. He has a beer named after him in Kenya.

16. He promised Michelle he would quit smoking before running for president - but he was unfortunately unable to kick the habit. He did reportedly quit in 2010.

17. He is the first U.S. president to tweet. His account @BarackObama currently has over 41 million followers.

18. Obama's favorite TV shows are Homeland starring Claire Danes and Damian Lewis, and The Wire.

19. What would Obama being doing if politics hadn't worked out? He would have been an architect.

20. He's a well groomed man. He has his hair cut once a week by his Chicago barber, Zariff, who charges $21.

21. He loves the sport so much, he plans to install a basketball court in the White House grounds. He might have to get started soon on this plan.

22. Don't mess with him, Obama can bench press an impressive 200lbs.

23. He dislike it when youngsters wear sagging trousers which reveal their underwear. During an interview on MTV, Obama said laws that prohibit sagging trousers (yes, they did exist) are "a waste of time ... Having said that, brothers should pull up their pants. You are walking by your mother, your grandmother, your underwear is showing. What's wrong with that? Come on. Some people might not want to see your underwear. I'm one of them."

24. He was named Time Magazine's "Person of the Year" in 2008. He was then awarded the Nobel Peace Prize although some critics said it was too soon since he had only been recently elected as president.

25. Obama is a Christian and a former member of the Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago.

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Barack Obama is the 44th president of the United States, but there is a lot more to know about this popular president. He's won a Grammy, read every single book in the Harry Potter series and carries a tiny Madonna and child statue for good luck. Here are 50 interesting things you probably didn't know about President Obama.

1. He's bi-racial with a white mother and African father from Kenya. His parents met in 1960 in a Russian class at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, where his father was a foreign student on scholarship.

2. His father, Barack Hussein Obama was a Kenyan government official and a goat herder. His Stanley Ann (Dunham) Obama Soetoro is an anthropologist.

3. His full name is Barack Hussein Obama, Jr.

4. He was born August 4, 1961 in Honlulu, Hawaii. He lived in Indonesia for four years with his mother and stepfather before returning to Hawaii to live with his maternal grandparents.

5. His grandmother had cute nicknames for him including Bear and Bar.

6. He was known as "O'Bomber" at high school for his skill at basketball.

7. Obama was known as Barry growing up, but after going to university, he asked to be addressed by his full name.

8. He is an orphan. His father died in a car accident in Kenya in 1982, and his mother died of ovarian cancer in 1995.

9. Barack can speak Indonesian and some Spanish.

10. While on the campaign trail he refused to watch CNN and had sports channels on instead.

11. Before his inauguration as the 44th President of the United States, Barack Obama wrote a letter to his daughters for Parade Magazine. This letter was intended for his daughters and every other child in America.

12. He has read every Harry Potter book with Malia, his eldest daughter.

13. Obama won Best Spoken Word Album Grammy Awards for abridged audiobook versions of Dreams from My Father in February 2006 and for The Audacity of Hope in February 2008. He beat Bill Clinton who was seeking his third Grammy with Giving: How Each of Us Can Change the World, a call to public service.

14. Obama's go-to drink is black forest berry iced tea.

15. He has a beer named after him in Kenya.

16. He promised Michelle he would quit smoking before running for president - but he was unfortunately unable to kick the habit. He did reportedly quit in 2010.

17. He is the first U.S. president to tweet. His account @BarackObama currently has over 41 million followers.

18. Obama's favorite TV shows are Homeland starring Claire Danes and Damian Lewis, and The Wire.

19. What would Obama being doing if politics hadn't worked out? He would have been an architect.

20. He's a well groomed man. He has his hair cut once a week by his Chicago barber, Zariff, who charges $21.

21. He loves the sport so much, he plans to install a basketball court in the White House grounds. He might have to get started soon on this plan.

22. Don't mess with him, Obama can bench press an impressive 200lbs.

23. He dislike it when youngsters wear sagging trousers which reveal their underwear. During an interview on MTV, Obama said laws that prohibit sagging trousers (yes, they did exist) are "a waste of time ... Having said that, brothers should pull up their pants. You are walking by your mother, your grandmother, your underwear is showing. What's wrong with that? Come on. Some people might not want to see your underwear. I'm one of them."

24. He was named Time Magazine's "Person of the Year" in 2008. He was then awarded the Nobel Peace Prize although some critics said it was too soon since he had only been recently elected as president.

25. Obama is a Christian and a former member of the Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago.

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Barack Obama is the 44th president of the United States, but there is a lot more to know about this popular president. He's won a Grammy, read every single book in the Harry Potter series and carries a tiny Madonna and child statue for good luck. Here are 50 interesting things you probably didn't know about President Obama.

1. He's bi-racial with a white mother and African father from Kenya. His parents met in 1960 in a Russian class at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, where his father was a foreign student on scholarship.

2. His father, Barack Hussein Obama was a Kenyan government official and a goat herder. His Stanley Ann (Dunham) Obama Soetoro is an anthropologist.

3. His full name is Barack Hussein Obama, Jr.

4. He was born August 4, 1961 in Honlulu, Hawaii. He lived in Indonesia for four years with his mother and stepfather before returning to Hawaii to live with his maternal grandparents.

5. His grandmother had cute nicknames for him including Bear and Bar.

6. He was known as "O'Bomber" at high school for his skill at basketball.

7. Obama was known as Barry growing up, but after going to university, he asked to be addressed by his full name.

8. He is an orphan. His father died in a car accident in Kenya in 1982, and his mother died of ovarian cancer in 1995.

9. Barack can speak Indonesian and some Spanish.

10. While on the campaign trail he refused to watch CNN and had sports channels on instead.

11. Before his inauguration as the 44th President of the United States, Barack Obama wrote a letter to his daughters for Parade Magazine. This letter was intended for his daughters and every other child in America.

12. He has read every Harry Potter book with Malia, his eldest daughter.

13. Obama won Best Spoken Word Album Grammy Awards for abridged audiobook versions of Dreams from My Father in February 2006 and for The Audacity of Hope in February 2008. He beat Bill Clinton who was seeking his third Grammy with Giving: How Each of Us Can Change the World, a call to public service.

14. Obama's go-to drink is black forest berry iced tea.

15. He has a beer named after him in Kenya.

16. He promised Michelle he would quit smoking before running for president - but he was unfortunately unable to kick the habit. He did reportedly quit in 2010.

17. He is the first U.S. president to tweet. His account @BarackObama currently has over 41 million followers.

18. Obama's favorite TV shows are Homeland starring Claire Danes and Damian Lewis, and The Wire.

19. What would Obama being doing if politics hadn't worked out? He would have been an architect.

20. He's a well groomed man. He has his hair cut once a week by his Chicago barber, Zariff, who charges $21.

21. He loves the sport so much, he plans to install a basketball court in the White House grounds. He might have to get started soon on this plan.

22. Don't mess with him, Obama can bench press an impressive 200lbs.

23. He dislike it when youngsters wear sagging trousers which reveal their underwear. During an interview on MTV, Obama said laws that prohibit sagging trousers (yes, they did exist) are "a waste of time ... Having said that, brothers should pull up their pants. You are walking by your mother, your grandmother, your underwear is showing. What's wrong with that? Come on. Some people might not want to see your underwear. I'm one of them."

24. He was named Time Magazine's "Person of the Year" in 2008. He was then awarded the Nobel Peace Prize although some critics said it was too soon since he had only been recently elected as president.

25. Obama is a Christian and a former member of the Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago.

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All of us have our individual quirks including the President only difference being that they ought to keep the 'fun facts' hidden due to their career choice. Today we bring to you some facts about President Barack Hussein Obama II, the 44th President of the United States and the first African-American to hold the office. Let's find out some interesting facts about this magnificent orator:

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1. Born in an isolated volcanic archipelago!

3. Here's the kindergarten Obama!

4. A tough Road to The President

5. Obama's previous jobs

6. Inspired by the Greats!

He is a prodigious reader and likes to have a variety of books. His favorite books are Herman Melville's Moby-Dick and Toni Morrison's Song of Solomon. He once wrote a book review for the Chicago Tribune, in December 1997, reviewing a book by William Ayers. Apparently, he has read every Source: telegraph.co.uk, image: imgarcade.com Harry Potter book (with Malia, his eldest daughter of course!).

8. A beer dedicated to him!

Like most of us, Obama also de-stresses with movies and music sometimes. Some of his favorite movies are Casablanca, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Lawrence of Arabia, and The Godfather. Coincidence or rich taste! Most of his favorite movies are Oscar winners. He loves listening to the Rolling Stones, Jay Z and Stevie Wonder.
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10. Not a chef but a pretty good cook it seems!

Obama may not be a chef but he's not a newbie either. In fact, he is pretty good at making chili and stir-fry.
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11. Obsessed with comics!

12. Best father award goes to...

Obama has admitted having experimented with marijuana and cocaine as a teenager. Surprised!!! Rumor has it that he once promised his beloved wife Michelle that he'd quit smoking before running for President, but he never did. But to be a good father, he finally quit smoking habit in 2010.
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13. Indonesian adventures of Obama!

Obama stayed in Indonesia for about 5 years from the age of 6-10 yrs. While he was there he got to feast on some local delicacies like dog meat, snake meat and grasshopper and even housed a pet ape named "Tata".
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15. Exceptional basketball skills

17. He owns Muhammad Ali's gloves!

19. Obama and Brad Pitt are relatives

If only fate hadn't led him into politics, Obama would have been an architect.
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21. First African-American President of the USA!
On 20th January 2009, his name was carved in the history of the United States, when he became the first African-American President of the United States.
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Birth place: Honolulu, Hawaii

Birth name: Barack Hussein Obama Jr.

Mother: Stanley Ann (Dunham) Obama Soetoro, anthropologist

Marriage: Michelle (Robinson) Obama (October 3, 1992-present)

Children: Natasha (Sasha) and Malia

Education: Columbia University, B.A., 1983, Harvard University, J.D., 1991

Other Facts:
The name Barack means "one who is blessed" in Swahili.

Is the first African-American to be president of the Harvard Law Review.

His parents divorce when he is two years old.

Late 1960s - Lives in Indonesia with mother and stepfather Lolo Soetoro.

1971 - Returns to Hawaii to live with his maternal grandparents and attend school.

November 24, 1982 - Barack Obama Sr. dies in a car accident in Kenya.

1992-2004 - Practices civil rights law and teaches constitutional law at the University of Chicago Law School.

November 7, 1995 - Obama's mother dies of ovarian cancer at the age of 52.

1995 - Publishes his autobiography "Dreams from my Father," in which he admits to experimenting with marijuana and cocaine as a teenager.

1997-2005 - Illinois State Senator, representing the 13th District.

2000 - Runs for the US House seat in Illinois' 1st District and loses to former Black Panther Bobby Rush.

July 27, 2004 - Delivers the keynote address at the Democratic National Convention.

November 2004 - Wins the US Senate race in Illinois, defeating Alan Keyes. It is the first race between two African-American candidates for Senate.

January 4, 2005 - Is sworn in as US senator.

2006 - Wins a Grammy for Best Spoken Word Album for his reading of "Dreams From My Father."

August 20-September 3, 2006 - Tours five African countries and visits Nyangoma-Kogelo, his father's hometown in Kenya.

January 16, 2007 - Files papers with the FEC to form a presidential exploratory committee.

February 10, 2007 - Announces his candidacy for president at an event in Springfield, Illinois.

November 3, 2007 - Makes a surprise guest appearance on the television show "Saturday Night Live."

January 3, 2008 - Defeats Hillary Clinton in the Iowa Democratic Caucuses with 38% of the vote.

February 10, 2008 - Wins his second Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album for the audio version of his book, "The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream." Former President Bill Clinton and former President Jimmy Carter were also nominated.

March 18, 2008 - Makes a speech in Philadelphia defending his former pastor, Rev. Jeremiah Wright, who made racially-charged and anti-government comments during sermons.

June 3, 2008 - Secures enough delegates to win the nomination -- 2,118 -- after the South Dakota and Montana primaries.

June 19, 2008 - Announces he will not accept federal matching funds for his presidential campaign, foregoing $80 million dollars in federal money and a cap on how much he can spend.

August 23, 2008 - Chooses Senator Joe Biden (D-DE) as his running mate and has first rally with Biden in Springfield, Illinois, in front of the old state capitol.

August 27-28, 2008 - Is officially nominated as and accepts the nomination for president on the democratic ticket, becoming the first African-American candidate in US history to lead a major party.

November 3, 2008 - Grandmother, Madelyn Dunham, 86, dies in Hawaii after a long battle with cancer.

November 4, 2008 - Is elected president of the United States with an estimated 66.7 million popular votes and 365 electoral votes.

November 16, 2008 - Resigns his seat in the US Senate.

December 17, 2008 - Is named Time Magazine's "Person of the Year."

January 20, 2009 - Is sworn in as the 44th president of the United States, becoming the first African-American to hold the position.

January 22, 2009 - Issues executive orders regarding the closing of Guantanamo Bay, torture and creating a review of detention facilities and of individual cases.

April 6, 2009 - Says that the United States "is not, and will never be, at war with Islam" during a speech in Turkey.

April 7, 2009 - Makes a surprise trip to Iraq, his first as president.

October 9, 2009 - Is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

March 23, 2010 - Signs the Affordable Care Act, a health care reform bill, into law.

March 28, 2010 - Makes a surprise visit to Afghanistan, his first as president.

July 21, 2010 - Signs the Wall Street reform bill into law.

August 31, 2010 - Obama delivers an address from the Oval Office to mark the end of US combat operations in Iraq.

April 27, 2011 - The White House releases Obama's original birth certificate, seeking to put an end to persistent rumors that he was not born in the United States.

May 1, 2011 - Announces that al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden has been killed in a raid in Abbottabad, Pakistan.

May 5, 2011 - Attends ceremony to honor victims of September 11th at Ground Zero. Lays a wreath, meets with first responders, families and colleagues of the victims. He also visits the "Pride of Midtown" firehouse, Engine 54, Ladder 4, Battalion 9, the unit that lost 15 men, the most of any one firehouse.

May 25, 2011 - Is the first US president to address the UK Parliament.

October 21, 2011 - Announces the withdrawal of most US troops in Iraq by December 31, which would fulfill a 2008 campaign pledge to end the war.

May 9, 2012 - ABC airs excerpts from an Obama interview in which he endorses same-sex marriage. He is the first US president to do so. He also says the legal decision should be up to the states.

June 15, 2012 - Issues an executive order suspending the deportation of certain young undocumented immigrants who were brought to the United States as children.

September 6, 2012 - Accepts the Democratic nomination for president at Time Warner Cable Arena in Charlotte, North Carolina.

November 6, 2012 - Wins re-election as president of the United States, beating Republican challenger and former Governor of Massachusetts Mitt Romney.

December 19, 2012 - Is named Time Magazine's "Person of the Year" for the second time.

January 20, 2013 - Is sworn in for his second term in a private ceremony in the Blue Room of the White House.

December 17, 2014 - Announces plans to normalize diplomatic relations with Cuba and ease economic restrictions on the nation, a policy shift he calls the end of an "outdated approach" to US-Cuban relations that, "for decades, has failed to advance our interests."

May 12, 2015 - The Barack Obama Foundation announces that Obama's presidential library will be located in Chicago.

July 23, 2015 - Travels to Kenya for the first time as president to participate in Global Entrepreneurship Summit in Nairobi.

March 20, 2016 - Arrives in Cuba, becoming the first sitting US president to visit in 88 years.

June 9, 2016 - Endorses Hillary Clinton for president.

May 20, 2016 - Signs a bill updating the terms the government uses to describe minorities. This includes now using the terms "Asian-American," "Native American," "Hispanic" and "African-American."

May 27, 2016 - Becomes the first sitting US president to visit Hiroshima, Japan, where he calls for a "world without nuclear weapons."

June 23, 2016 - The Supreme Court issues a divided ruling in a case concerning Obama's executive actions on immigration. The programs will remain blocked and the case will return to the lower court.

June 24, 2016 - Obama announces he is designating the area around the Stonewall Inn in New York as the country's first national monument to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) rights.

January 20, 2017 - Leaves office after two terms as president.

April 22, 2017 - Makes his first public appearance since leaving office. Speaks at the University of Chicago before an estimated three hundred students from universities around the Chicago area. It is billed as a "conversation on community organizing and civic engagement" and a part of Obama's goal to "encourage and support the next generation of leaders."

September 5, 2017 - Obama posts a statement on Facebook in reponse to President Donald Trump's decision to rescind an immigration order shielding some children of undocumented immigrants from deportation. "It is self-defeating -- because they want to start new businesses, staff our labs, serve in our military, and otherwise contribute to the country we love. And it is cruel."

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President Barack Obama waves at the conclusion of his news conference in the briefing room of the White House, Dec. 16, 2016, in Washington, D.C.

1. Barack Hussein Obama II was born on Aug. 4, 1961, in Honolulu. His first name means "one who is blessed" in Swahili. While Obama's father, Barack Hussein Obama Sr., was from Kenya, his mother, Stanley Ann Dunham, was from Kansas.

2. From age 6 to 10, Obama lived in Indonesia with his mother and stepfather. In 1971, he moved back to Hawaii and lived with his maternal grandparents.

3. He hasn't liked ice cream since his first job: working at Baskin-Robbins as a teenager growing up in Hawaii.

4. After attending Occidental College in Los Angeles for two years, he transferred to Columbia University in New York where he graduated with a degree in political science. He also attended Harvard Law School in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where he graduated magna cum laude. He was the first African-American editor of the Harvard Law Review.

5. In 1992, he married the former Michelle Robinson, also a Harvard Law School graduate, whom he met at a Chicago law firm. They have two daughters, Malia and Sasha.

6. Before becoming a Illinois state senator, Obama worked as a civil rights attorney, community organizer, lecturer and professor.

7. As a state senator, he sponsored and led the passage of Illinois' first racial-profiling law, which requires the police to videotape homicide interrogations.

9. In 2008 and again in 2012, he was named Time magazine's "Person of the Year."

10. In 2007, Obama formally announced his campaign to run for president. He was elected president in November 2008 and served as the 44th president of the United States for two terms.

Updated on Nov. 8, 2017: This article has been updated to include new information.

Shelbi Austin, Staff Writer

Shelbi Austin is a Web Producer for the News division at U.S. News & World Report. You can foll... Read more Shelbi Austin is a Web Producer for the News division at U.S. News & World Report. You can follow her on Twitter or email her at saustin@usnews.com.

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President Barack Obama waves at the conclusion of his news conference in the briefing room of the White House, Dec. 16, 2016, in Washington, D.C.

1. Barack Hussein Obama II was born on Aug. 4, 1961, in Honolulu. His first name means "one who is blessed" in Swahili. While Obama's father, Barack Hussein Obama Sr., was from Kenya, his mother, Stanley Ann Dunham, was from Kansas.

2. From age 6 to 10, Obama lived in Indonesia with his mother and stepfather. In 1971, he moved back to Hawaii and lived with his maternal grandparents.

3. He hasn't liked ice cream since his first job: working at Baskin-Robbins as a teenager growing up in Hawaii.

4. After attending Occidental College in Los Angeles for two years, he transferred to Columbia University in New York where he graduated with a degree in political science. He also attended Harvard Law School in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where he graduated magna cum laude. He was the first African-American editor of the Harvard Law Review.

5. In 1992, he married the former Michelle Robinson, also a Harvard Law School graduate, whom he met at a Chicago law firm. They have two daughters, Malia and Sasha.

6. Before becoming a Illinois state senator, Obama worked as a civil rights attorney, community organizer, lecturer and professor.

7. As a state senator, he sponsored and led the passage of Illinois' first racial-profiling law, which requires the police to videotape homicide interrogations.

9. In 2008 and again in 2012, he was named Time magazine's "Person of the Year."

10. In 2007, Obama formally announced his campaign to run for president. He was elected president in November 2008 and served as the 44th president of the United States for two terms.

Updated on Nov. 8, 2017: This article has been updated to include new information.

Shelbi Austin, Staff Writer

Shelbi Austin is a Web Producer for the News division at U.S. News & World Report. You can foll... Read more Shelbi Austin is a Web Producer for the News division at U.S. News & World Report. You can follow her on Twitter or email her at saustin@usnews.com.

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* 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 favourite 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 favourite 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 favourite book is Moby-Dick by Herman Melville

* He visited Wokingham, Berks, in 1996 for the stag party of his half-sister's fiancé, 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 favourite 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 favourite 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 favourite fictional television programmes 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 favourite artist is Pablo Picasso

* His speciality as a cook is chilli

* 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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* 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 favourite 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 favourite 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 favourite book is Moby-Dick by Herman Melville

* He visited Wokingham, Berks, in 1996 for the stag party of his half-sister's fiancé, 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 favourite 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 favourite 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 favourite fictional television programmes 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 favourite artist is Pablo Picasso

* His speciality as a cook is chilli

* 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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* 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 favourite 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 favourite 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 favourite book is Moby-Dick by Herman Melville

* He visited Wokingham, Berks, in 1996 for the stag party of his half-sister's fiancé, 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 favourite 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 favourite 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 favourite fictional television programmes 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 favourite artist is Pablo Picasso

* His speciality as a cook is chilli

* 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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Barack Obama: The 50 facts you might not know

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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

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* 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 favourite 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 favourite 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 favourite book is Moby-Dick by Herman Melville

* He visited Wokingham, Berks, in 1996 for the stag party of his half-sister's fiancé, 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 favourite 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 favourite 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 favourite fictional television programmes 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 favourite artist is Pablo Picasso

* His speciality as a cook is chilli

* 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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Barack Obama: The 50 facts you might not know

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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

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He won a Grammy in 2006 for the audio version of his memoir, Dreams From My Father

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* 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 favourite 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 favourite 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 favourite book is Moby-Dick by Herman Melville

* He visited Wokingham, Berks, in 1996 for the stag party of his half-sister's fiancé, 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 favourite 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 favourite 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 favourite fictional television programmes 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 favourite artist is Pablo Picasso

* His speciality as a cook is chilli

* 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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Barack Obama: The 50 facts you might not know

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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

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• His name means "one who is blessed" in Swahili

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* 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 favourite 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 favourite 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 favourite book is Moby-Dick by Herman Melville

* He visited Wokingham, Berks, in 1996 for the stag party of his half-sister's fiancé, 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 favourite 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 favourite 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 favourite fictional television programmes 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 favourite artist is Pablo Picasso

* His speciality as a cook is chilli

* 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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Barack Obama: The 50 facts you might not know

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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

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All of us have our individual quirks including the President only difference being that they ought to keep the 'fun facts' hidden due to their career choice. Today we bring to you some facts about President Barack Hussein Obama II, the 44th President of the United States and the first African-American to hold the office. Let's find out some interesting facts about this magnificent orator:

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1. Born in an isolated volcanic archipelago!

3. Here's the kindergarten Obama!

4. A tough Road to The President

5. Obama's previous jobs

6. Inspired by the Greats!

He is a prodigious reader and likes to have a variety of books. His favorite books are Herman Melville's Moby-Dick and Toni Morrison's Song of Solomon. He once wrote a book review for the Chicago Tribune, in December 1997, reviewing a book by William Ayers. Apparently, he has read every Source: telegraph.co.uk, image: imgarcade.com Harry Potter book (with Malia, his eldest daughter of course!).

8. A beer dedicated to him!

Like most of us, Obama also de-stresses with movies and music sometimes. Some of his favorite movies are Casablanca, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Lawrence of Arabia, and The Godfather. Coincidence or rich taste! Most of his favorite movies are Oscar winners. He loves listening to the Rolling Stones, Jay Z and Stevie Wonder.
Source: likes.com

10. Not a chef but a pretty good cook it seems!

Obama may not be a chef but he's not a newbie either. In fact, he is pretty good at making chili and stir-fry.
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11. Obsessed with comics!

12. Best father award goes to...

Obama has admitted having experimented with marijuana and cocaine as a teenager. Surprised!!! Rumor has it that he once promised his beloved wife Michelle that he'd quit smoking before running for President, but he never did. But to be a good father, he finally quit smoking habit in 2010.
Source: telegraph.co.uk, image: celebstoner.com

13. Indonesian adventures of Obama!

Obama stayed in Indonesia for about 5 years from the age of 6-10 yrs. While he was there he got to feast on some local delicacies like dog meat, snake meat and grasshopper and even housed a pet ape named "Tata".
Source: thegatewaypundit.com

15. Exceptional basketball skills

17. He owns Muhammad Ali's gloves!

19. Obama and Brad Pitt are relatives

If only fate hadn't led him into politics, Obama would have been an architect.
Source: mensxp.com
21. First African-American President of the USA!
On 20th January 2009, his name was carved in the history of the United States, when he became the first African-American President of the United States.
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20 Interesting Facts About Barack Obama - OhFact!

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All of us have our individual quirks including the President only difference being that they ought to keep the 'fun facts' hidden due to their career choice. Today we bring to you some facts about President Barack Hussein Obama II, the 44th President of the United States and the first African-American to hold the office.

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He was very much inspired by Martin Luther King Jr., Mohandas Gandhi, Pablo Picasso and John Coltrane.

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All of us have our individual quirks including the President only difference being that they ought to keep the 'fun facts' hidden due to their career choice. Today we bring to you some facts about President Barack Hussein Obama II, the 44th President of the United States and the first African-American to hold the office. Let's find out some interesting facts about this magnificent orator:

Image: forums.steves-digicams.com

1. Born in an isolated volcanic archipelago!

3. Here's the kindergarten Obama!

4. A tough Road to The President

5. Obama's previous jobs

6. Inspired by the Greats!

He is a prodigious reader and likes to have a variety of books. His favorite books are Herman Melville's Moby-Dick and Toni Morrison's Song of Solomon. He once wrote a book review for the Chicago Tribune, in December 1997, reviewing a book by William Ayers. Apparently, he has read every Source: telegraph.co.uk, image: imgarcade.com Harry Potter book (with Malia, his eldest daughter of course!).

8. A beer dedicated to him!

Like most of us, Obama also de-stresses with movies and music sometimes. Some of his favorite movies are Casablanca, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Lawrence of Arabia, and The Godfather. Coincidence or rich taste! Most of his favorite movies are Oscar winners. He loves listening to the Rolling Stones, Jay Z and Stevie Wonder.
Source: likes.com

10. Not a chef but a pretty good cook it seems!

Obama may not be a chef but he's not a newbie either. In fact, he is pretty good at making chili and stir-fry.
Source: vibe.com, image: media1.popsugar-assets.com

11. Obsessed with comics!

12. Best father award goes to...

Obama has admitted having experimented with marijuana and cocaine as a teenager. Surprised!!! Rumor has it that he once promised his beloved wife Michelle that he'd quit smoking before running for President, but he never did. But to be a good father, he finally quit smoking habit in 2010.
Source: telegraph.co.uk, image: celebstoner.com

13. Indonesian adventures of Obama!

Obama stayed in Indonesia for about 5 years from the age of 6-10 yrs. While he was there he got to feast on some local delicacies like dog meat, snake meat and grasshopper and even housed a pet ape named "Tata".
Source: thegatewaypundit.com

15. Exceptional basketball skills

17. He owns Muhammad Ali's gloves!

19. Obama and Brad Pitt are relatives

If only fate hadn't led him into politics, Obama would have been an architect.
Source: mensxp.com
21. First African-American President of the USA!
On 20th January 2009, his name was carved in the history of the United States, when he became the first African-American President of the United States.
source: Wikipedia

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20 Interesting Facts About Barack Obama - OhFact!

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All of us have our individual quirks including the President only difference being that they ought to keep the 'fun facts' hidden due to their career choice. Today we bring to you some facts about President Barack Hussein Obama II, the 44th President of the United States and the first African-American to hold the office.

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President Barack Obama waves at the conclusion of his news conference in the briefing room of the White House, Dec. 16, 2016, in Washington, D.C.

1. Barack Hussein Obama II was born on Aug. 4, 1961, in Honolulu. His first name means "one who is blessed" in Swahili. While Obama's father, Barack Hussein Obama Sr., was from Kenya, his mother, Stanley Ann Dunham, was from Kansas.

2. From age 6 to 10, Obama lived in Indonesia with his mother and stepfather. In 1971, he moved back to Hawaii and lived with his maternal grandparents.

3. He hasn't liked ice cream since his first job: working at Baskin-Robbins as a teenager growing up in Hawaii.

4. After attending Occidental College in Los Angeles for two years, he transferred to Columbia University in New York where he graduated with a degree in political science. He also attended Harvard Law School in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where he graduated magna cum laude. He was the first African-American editor of the Harvard Law Review.

5. In 1992, he married the former Michelle Robinson, also a Harvard Law School graduate, whom he met at a Chicago law firm. They have two daughters, Malia and Sasha.

6. Before becoming a Illinois state senator, Obama worked as a civil rights attorney, community organizer, lecturer and professor.

7. As a state senator, he sponsored and led the passage of Illinois' first racial-profiling law, which requires the police to videotape homicide interrogations.

9. In 2008 and again in 2012, he was named Time magazine's "Person of the Year."

10. In 2007, Obama formally announced his campaign to run for president. He was elected president in November 2008 and served as the 44th president of the United States for two terms.

Updated on Nov. 8, 2017: This article has been updated to include new information.

Shelbi Austin, Staff Writer

Shelbi Austin is a Web Producer for the News division at U.S. News & World Report. You can foll... Read more Shelbi Austin is a Web Producer for the News division at U.S. News & World Report. You can follow her on Twitter or email her at saustin@usnews.com.

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10 Things You Didn't Know About Barack Obama

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President Barack Obama waves at the conclusion of his news conference in the briefing room of the White House, Dec. 16, 2016, in Washington, D.C. 1. Barack Hussein Obama II was born on Aug. 4, 1961, in Honolulu. His first name means "one who is blessed" in Swahili.

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President Barack Obama waves at the conclusion of his news conference in the briefing room of the White House, Dec. 16, 2016, in Washington, D.C.

1. Barack Hussein Obama II was born on Aug. 4, 1961, in Honolulu. His first name means "one who is blessed" in Swahili. While Obama's father, Barack Hussein Obama Sr., was from Kenya, his mother, Stanley Ann Dunham, was from Kansas.

2. From age 6 to 10, Obama lived in Indonesia with his mother and stepfather. In 1971, he moved back to Hawaii and lived with his maternal grandparents.

3. He hasn't liked ice cream since his first job: working at Baskin-Robbins as a teenager growing up in Hawaii.

4. After attending Occidental College in Los Angeles for two years, he transferred to Columbia University in New York where he graduated with a degree in political science. He also attended Harvard Law School in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where he graduated magna cum laude. He was the first African-American editor of the Harvard Law Review.

5. In 1992, he married the former Michelle Robinson, also a Harvard Law School graduate, whom he met at a Chicago law firm. They have two daughters, Malia and Sasha.

6. Before becoming a Illinois state senator, Obama worked as a civil rights attorney, community organizer, lecturer and professor.

7. As a state senator, he sponsored and led the passage of Illinois' first racial-profiling law, which requires the police to videotape homicide interrogations.

9. In 2008 and again in 2012, he was named Time magazine's "Person of the Year."

10. In 2007, Obama formally announced his campaign to run for president. He was elected president in November 2008 and served as the 44th president of the United States for two terms.

Updated on Nov. 8, 2017: This article has been updated to include new information.

Shelbi Austin, Staff Writer

Shelbi Austin is a Web Producer for the News division at U.S. News & World Report. You can foll... Read more Shelbi Austin is a Web Producer for the News division at U.S. News & World Report. You can follow her on Twitter or email her at saustin@usnews.com.

Tags: Obama administration, Barack Obama, Michelle Obama, President, Columbia University, Harvard Law School, White House, Hawaii, Kenya, Illinois, Chicago, politics, 2008 presidential election, 2012 presidential election

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10 Things You Didn't Know About Barack Obama

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President Barack Obama waves at the conclusion of his news conference in the briefing room of the White House, Dec. 16, 2016, in Washington, D.C. 1. Barack Hussein Obama II was born on Aug. 4, 1961, in Honolulu. His first name means "one who is blessed" in Swahili.