clipped from: www.telegraph.co.uk
By Jon Swaine
Last Updated: 3:40PM GMT 11 Nov 2008
• He collects Spider-Man and Conan the Barbarian comics
• He was known as "O'Bomber" at high school for his skill at basketball
• His name means "one who is blessed" in Swahili
• His favourite meal is wife Michelle's shrimp linguini
• He won a Grammy in 2006 for the audio version of his memoir, Dreams From My Father
• He is left-handed – the sixth post-war president to be left-handed
• He has read every Harry Potter book
• He owns a set of red boxing gloves autographed by Muhammad Ali
• He worked in a Baskin-Robbins ice cream shop as a teenager and now can't stand ice cream
• His favourite snacks are chocolate-peanut protein bars
• He can speak Spanish
• His favourite drink is black forest berry iced tea
• He can bench press an impressive 200lbs
• His favourite book is Moby-Dick by Herman Melville