In light of the final debate this past week and all the political campaigns starting to come to a close, we're all probably a little fed up with all the political rampage clogging our newsfeed. Here is a list of facts about my personal favorite man who is sitting in the Oval Office for just a few more weeks.
- He is the 44th president of the United States.
- He used to smoke, but quit after he ran for office.
- He is the sixth post-war president to be left handed.
- His name Barack means “one who is blessed” in Swahili.
- He has won two Grammy awards, one in 2006 and 2008.
- He has a pair of red boxing gloves signed by the late Muhammad Ali.
- He used to work at a Baskin Robins.
- He dislikes ice cream.
- He used to live in Indonesia as a child.
- He can speak Spanish and Indonesian.
- He once owned a pet ape.
- He is 6’1” tall.
- His mother was from Kansas and his father from Kenya.
- His childhood nickname was “Barry.”
- Michelle and Barack married on October 3rd, 1992.
- He was born in Honolulu, Hawaii.
- He is the first president to be born outside of the continental United States.
- He graduated from High School in 1979.
- He graduated from Columbia University with a degree in Political Science in 1983.
- He graduated from Harvard Law School in 1991.
- He loves Pablo Picasso.
- His mother was an anthropologist.
- He chose Frank O. Salisbury’s portrait of Harry S. Truman to hang in the Cabinet Room.
- He is believed to be the first president to brew his own ale on White House grounds, he also used honey from the White House.
- He enjoys playing Scrabble and poker.
- He was elected to the Illinois State Senate in 1996.
- He was elected to U.S. Senate in 2004.
- He is the first president to stand up for same-sex marriage while in office.
- In 2014, he launched My Brothers Keeper, an initiative to help boys and young men of color overcome the challenges they may face in life to ensure they can reach their full potential.
- He is also the first president to fight for equal pay in the workforce.
- He wasn’t raised in a religious household but now is a Christian.
- He tried drugs in his youth such as marijuana and cocaine.
- He is the first African-American to be President of the Harvard Law Review.
- His father was an Kenyan government official.
- His parents divorced when he was two.
- He read all the Harry Potter books with his eldest daughter, Malia.
- In 2007, he was a guest on Saturday Night Live.
- In October 2009, he was awarded a Nobel Peace Prize.
- He taught at University of Chicago Law school from 1992 – 2004.
- His home in Chicago has four fireplaces.
- One of his favorite books is "Moby Dick" by Herman Melville.
- He has been TIME Magazine’s Person of The Year twice.
- He collected 'Spiderman" and "Conan the Barbarian" comics.
- For his first date with Michelle, they went to see film, “Do The Right Thing.”
- He’s mentioned in Neil Young’s song, “Lookin’ For a Leader”.
- He was the first U.S. President to address the U.K Parliament.
- He can bench press 200lbs.
- Two of his favorite movies are “Casablanca” and “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest.”
- His favorite children’s book is “Where the Wild Things Are.”
- There is a beer in Kenya called Senator Keg, which is nicknamed “Obama Beer” by locals.
- And, for a little bonus here is a video we can all appreciate. We're going to miss you, man.