Less known facts about US president Obama

New Delhi: The 44th current president of USA Barack Obama's life is filled with incidents. There are not many people who may be aware of the man who rules the super power of the world .But here are few facts that not known by many. 1. Born in the year 1961 in Honolulu, his first name ``Barack'' means blessed in Swahili. 2. He worked at the famous American global ice cream parlor Baskin Robins during his teenage days and ever since then he has developed a dislike towards ice-creams. 3. He was called Barry during his childhood days. 4. Since Reconstruction he became the third African-American senator. 5. He met his wife Michelle Obama while he was working as a summer associate at a law firm; Michelle supervised him. 6. Being an Illinois senator, he made the state of Illinois the first to videotape all the interrogations in capital crime case by sponsoring a bill. 7. A school has been named after him as Senator Barack Obama Secondary School which is located in his father's hometown in Kenya. 8. Scrabble is his favourite game. 9. Obama purchased a house in Chicago in June worth $1.65 million which has 4 fire places in it. 10. He is a strong belief in leaders like Martin Luther King Jr., Mohandas Gandhi, Pablo Picasso, and John Coltrane.