Some lighter fare....
Not sure how factual these all are, but I found them fun to read:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/uselection2008/barackobama/3401168/Barack-Obama-The-50-facts-you-might-not-know.html Including:
Including:
• He has read every Harry Potter book
• His favourite book is Moby-Dick by Herman Melville
• He visited Wokingham, Berks, in 1996 for the stag party of his half-sister's fiancé, but left when a stripper arrived
• His desk in his Senate office once belonged to Robert Kennedy
• He carries a tiny Madonna and child statue and a bracelet belonging to a soldier in Iraq for good luck
• He repaid his student loan only four years ago after signing his book deal