1. He collects Spider-Man and Conan the Barbarian comics.
2. His name means "one who is blessed" in Swahili.
3. His favourite films are Casablanca and One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest.
4. He has read every Harry Potter book, but his favourite novel is Moby Dick by Herman Melville.
5. His favourite meal is wife Michelle's shrimp linguini. He doesn't drink coffee, rarely touches alcohol and his favourite drink is black forest berry iced tea.
6. His favourite fictional television programmes are Mash and The Wire.
7. He would have liked to be an architect if he were not a politician.
8. He won a Grammy in 2006 for the audio version of his memoir, Dream From My Father.
9. He worked in a Baskin-Robbins ice cream shop as a teenager and now can't stand the stuff.
10. He can bench press an impressive 90kg.
11. He and his wife made $4.2 million last year, much of it coming from sales of his books.
12. He applied to appear in a black pin-up calendar while at Harvard but was rejected by the all-female committee.
13. His favourite music includes Miles Davis, Bob Dylan, Bach and The Fugees.
14. He enjoys playing Scrabble and poker.
15. He says his worst habbit is constantly checking is BlackBerry. He uses an Apple Mac laptop.
Source: Daily Telegraph
2. His name means "one who is blessed" in Swahili.
3. His favourite films are Casablanca and One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest.
4. He has read every Harry Potter book, but his favourite novel is Moby Dick by Herman Melville.
5. His favourite meal is wife Michelle's shrimp linguini. He doesn't drink coffee, rarely touches alcohol and his favourite drink is black forest berry iced tea.
6. His favourite fictional television programmes are Mash and The Wire.
7. He would have liked to be an architect if he were not a politician.
8. He won a Grammy in 2006 for the audio version of his memoir, Dream From My Father.
9. He worked in a Baskin-Robbins ice cream shop as a teenager and now can't stand the stuff.
10. He can bench press an impressive 90kg.
11. He and his wife made $4.2 million last year, much of it coming from sales of his books.
12. He applied to appear in a black pin-up calendar while at Harvard but was rejected by the all-female committee.
13. His favourite music includes Miles Davis, Bob Dylan, Bach and The Fugees.
14. He enjoys playing Scrabble and poker.
15. He says his worst habbit is constantly checking is BlackBerry. He uses an Apple Mac laptop.
Source: Daily Telegraph
