1) Obama collects Spider-Man and Conan the Barbarian comics

2) The “most powerful man in the world” once applied to appear in a black pin-up calendar while at Harvard. The all-female committee rejected him. I bet they hate themselves now.

3) On his desk, Obama keeps a carving of a wooden hand holding an egg. This is not because he loves breakfast, but because it’s a Kenyan symbol meant to remind us of the fragility of life.

4) Politics seems to run in the family. Obama’s late father was also in government – in Kenya. He served as a senior economist.

5) Like many of us, Obama once attended a buddy’s stag party (it was for his half-sister’s fiancé). Unlike all of us, he left when the stripper showed up.

6) The American President is an adventurous eater. While he lived in Indonesia as a young boy, he tried out local delicacies like dog meat, snake meat, and roasted grasshoppers. Yum.

7) His favourite films are Casablanca and One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. Apparently the Prez hasn’t seen a movie in a while.

8) His name, Barack, means “one who is blessed” in Swahili.

9) He is an avid and accomplished basketball player, and was nicknamed “O’Bomber” in high school for his skills. The Taliban would agree, but for very different reasons.

10) We all know Obama won a Nobel Peace Prize, but did you know he’s also won a Grammy? That was in 2006 for the audio recording of his best selling book, Dreams From My Father.