Barack Obama, the 44th President of the U.S., was the first African American to hold the office and the first born outside of the continental U.S.
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Just 9 months after his inauguration, Barack Obama was named the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize laureate.
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Barack Obama's late father was a senior economist for the Kenyan government.
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Barack Obama won a Grammy in 2006 for the audio version of his memoir, "Dreams From My Father."
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President Obama has read every Harry Potter book.
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Barack Obama was the first sitting U.S. president to visit a federal prison.
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Obama was the first sitting U.S. president to visit Cuba in almost a century.
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In his first few days in office, Barack Obama ordered the closing of the Guantanamo Bay detention camp, but Congress prevented it.
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Barack Obama had the most followers on Twitter of any world leader in his last year in power, 2016.
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There's an Obama Fried Chicken (OFC) in China.
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Famous left-handed people include Napoleon, Da Vinci, Michelangelo, Einstein, Newton, Bill Gates, Oprah, Obama and Jimi Hendrix.
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In 2012, a Somali Islamist militant group offered a bounty of 10 camels for President Obama and 2 for information on Hillary Clinton.
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President Obama used to call UK's PM David Cameron "bro".
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In 1961, Robert F Kennedy said the U.S. would have a black president within 40 years.
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Barack Obama was the first sitting U.S. president to visit Hiroshima, 71 years after the atomic bomb.
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Barack Obama was the first president who mentioned gay rights or the word "gay" in an inaugural address.
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Barack Obama was the first sitting President to publish an academic paper.
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Barack Obama was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, the first President from that State.
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Favorable views of the U.S. around the world rose from a median of 51% in George W. Bush's final year in office to 66% during Obama's final 2 years.
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The Obama administration deported more people than any other president's administration in history.
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In 2015, President Obama made it legal for Americans to own asteroids.
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More species have been named after Barack Obama than any other U.S. president.
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Before becoming "Posh Spice", Victoria Beckham used to dress up as a sperm for a BBC sex-education show.
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Barack Obama scooped ice cream in high school.
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