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Barack Obama. “Yes We Can”. Nia Ford. Things you may not know. 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
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Barack Obama “Yes We Can” Nia Ford
Things you may not know 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 favorite 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 Ali • He worked in a Baskin-Robbins ice cream shop as a teenager and now can't stand ice cream
He was the first president to have a cell phone in the white house He has his hair cut once a week by his Chicago barber, Zariff, who charges $21 (£13)
Family He is married Michelle and has two daughters named Sasha and Malia. They also have aPortuguese Water Dog named Bo
He was the senator of Illinois -He was in office January 3, 2005- November 16, 2008 -He was born august 4, 1961 in Honolulu, Hawaii -He is 49 years old
He won a Grammy Award in 2006 for Best Spoken Word Recording. It was for the audio version of his book Dreams from my father. He and his wife bought a house in Chicago in 2005. Back then it cost $1.65 million. The house has 4 fireplaces.
He smokes but wants to quit. After all, there is a non-smoking policy in the White House.
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