Barack Obama on Tuesday (6-11-2012) became second time US president to
swear on the Bible that Abraham Lincoln used for his
inauguration 147 years ago.
Know Obama
- He
collects Spider-Man and Conan the Barbarian comics
- He was
known as "O'Bomber" at high school for his skill at basketball
- His
name means "one who is blessed" in Swahili
- He is
left-handed - the 6th 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
promised Michelle he would quit smoking before running for president - he
didn't
- He
kept a pet ape called Tata while in Indonesia
- 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 films are Casablanca and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
- As a
teenager he took drugs including marijuana and cocaine
- His
favorite music includes Miles Davis, Bob Dylan, Bach and The Fugees
- He
enjoys Scrabble and poker
- 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
- Daughter
Malia's godmother is Jesse Jackson's daughter Santita
- He
says his worst habit is constantly checking his BlackBerry
- He
owns four identical pairs of black size 11 shoes
- His
Secret Service handlers gave him the code name “Renegade”
- He
plans to install a basketball court in the White House grounds
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