Thursday, February 27, 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 and his wife Michelle Robinson met at Chicago Law Firm of Sidley Austin where he was interning. Even though Michelle did not love Obama at the early days of their meeting, their day-to-day meeting led to a two-year courtship that finally led to a marriage. The two married in 1992 at the Trinity United Church of Christ. The ceremony was led by Reverend Wright the same reverend who baptized their two daughters Natasha and Malia.

At his young age while residing in Indonesia after his mother had divorced his biological father and married Lolo, Obama cherished playing rice paddies and rode water as well as eating chili peppers, dog meat, snake meat and roasted grasshopper. Obama also had a monkey pet that he called Tata. While living in Indonesia, most of his friends were homeless people.

While in high school, he loved playing basketball even though he did not feel welcomed by his peers. As a way to fight this loneliness and try to fit with his peers, Obama started smoking pot, experimenting with cocaine and drinking. However, he later stopped abusing drugs though some tales claim that he still smokes 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.

Obama has worked in different places since his childhood until he won the United States presidential elections. For instance, in 1985 he worked on a Chicago group known as the developing communities project that works to empower the poor through grass roots organization. He also had earlier worked at Baskin-Robbins the work that made him to dislike ice cream even to date.

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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