Barack Obama: The 50 facts you might not know

Barack Obama: The 50 facts you might not know
Fifty things you might not know about Barack Obama

By Jon Swaine
08 Nov 2008

• 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

• His favourite 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 A

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstop ... -know.html

I was surprised to learn he smokes. I don't think we'll see him out jogging with the secret service too much.

From what I've read, his wife, asked he stop smoking if he'd run for the White House.

Not sure if he's done yet.