20 things you never knew about the most powerful man in the free world:
1) He's left-handed.
2) He's fluent in Spanish.
3) He's a fan of Spiderman comics and stars in the latest edition.
4) His favourite meal is his wife Michelle's shrimp linguini.
5) He admits to having tried drugs.
6) He likes to play Scrabble in his spare time.
7) He's a smoker: although he has promised to quit.
8) His favourite book is Herman Melville's 'Moby Dick'.
9) His favourite films are 'Casablanca' and 'One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest'.
10) His father was an economist for the Kenyan Government.
11) His favourite TV shows are 'M*A*S*H' and 'The Wire'.
12) He has two daughters: Malia (10) and Sasha (7).
13) Barack is named after his father, Barack Hussein Obama. 'Barack' means 'blessing' in Swahili.
14) He attened Harvard Law School where he graduated top of the year in 1991. H
15) He worked in an ice cream parlour as a teenager and now dislikes it.
16) He won a Grammy in 1996 for the audio version of his book: 'Dreams From My Father'.
17) Barack met his wife Michelle while the pair worked in a Chicago law firm. They married in 1992.
18) He was born in Honolulu on August4, 1961.
19) He can bench-press 200 pounds.
20) He has size 11 feet.
