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Things You May Not Know About Barrack Obama by obinwanne(m): 10:56am On Nov 17, 2008
•  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 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 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
•  His desk in his Senate office once belonged to Robert Kennedy
•  He carries a tiny Madonna and child statue and a bracelet belonging to a soldier in Iraq for good luck
•  His favourite music includes Miles Davis, Bob Dylan, Bach and The Fugees
•  He enjoys playing Scrabble and poker
•  He doesn't drink coffee and rarely drinks alcohol
•  As a teenager he took drugs including marijuana and cocaine
•  He says his worst habit is constantly checking his BlackBerry
•  He uses an Apple Mac laptop
•  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)
•  He was nicknamed “Bear” by his late grand mother
•  He keeps on his desk a carving of a wooden hand holding an egg, a Kenyan symbol of the fragility of life
Re: Things You May Not Know About Barrack Obama by kokorunna(m): 5:38pm On Nov 27, 2008
Good for him, leave the man alone and let him get on about Changing the World.
Re: Things You May Not Know About Barrack Obama by sleekp1: 6:33pm On Nov 27, 2008
He doesn't drink coffee
And all this time I thought otherwise, chei this is a shocking revelation.

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