Tuesday, March 4, 2014

Several Interesting Facts About Barack Obama

By Barun Kumar


Barack Obama is the 44th and current president of United States who was born on 4th August 1961 in Honolulu, Hawaii. Since is birth, Obama has studied, worked and held different offices that have boosted his career to being the current United States president. If looking to learn more about his life, below are some interesting facts about barack Obama you may need to know of.

Obama met his wife Michelle when he was interning in Chicago Law Firm of Sidley Austin. Initially Michelle hated Obama before they started dating and finally married after courting for two years. Their marriage was led by Reverend Wright at the Trinity United Church of Christ in 1992, the same Reverend who baptized Natasha and Malia, their daughters.

At his early age while living in Indonesia after his mother had divorced his father and married Lolo, Obama loved to play rode water buffalo and rice paddies besides eating snake meat, chili peppers, roasted grasshopper and dog meat. Obama had a monkey pet which he called Tata. Through his life in Indonesia he met and lived with people of different characters.

When he was in high school, Obama loved playing basketball despite the fact that he did not feel welcomed by his colleagues. In an effort to fight this seclusion and try to fit in this group, he started smoking weed, taking cocaine and drinking. However, he later stopped taking these drugs though he still continued smoking cigarette.

Other unknown facts about Barack Obama relates to his family background. For instance, his father is a Luo, one of the main tribes in Kenya. Though a hardworking student, his father was kicked out of school due to being disrupting and missing classes. He spent most of life as an atheist though he called himself a Muslim.

His youthful appeal, texting and social networking on the internet supported the attentiveness of his campaign which led to a loyal following. For instance, his continuous and persuasive use of the internet contributed to his wining of the presidential elections. It also led him to gain more recognition both on the internet and the offline.

Before he become the US president Obama had worked in various places. For example, in 1985 he worked on the Chicago group referred to as developing towns project whose mission involved empowering poor people through grass root organization. He also worked at Baskin-Robbins, the job that made him to dislike ice cream even up to now.

These are some of the little known facts about Barack Obama each of which happened at different times and for different reasons. Some of them explain of his adult life while others detail his childhood life. Knowing these facts can enable you learn more about the current United States president and discover some of the hidden things that you may have never known about his life.




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