John McCain has picked Sarah Palin as VP (Video)

Republican presidential hopeful John McCain has picked 44-year-old Sarah Palin, the Governor of Alaska, as his running mate.

And for those of you who have never ever heard of this lady before, we have put together a short list of facts & trivia. Enjoy!

• Sarah Palin is the first female Vice Presidential candidate representing the Republican Party and the second female Vice Presidential candidate representing a major political party.

• In 1984, Palin was the runner-up in the Miss Alaska pageant.

• She was elected Governor of Alaska in 2006.

• She opposes same-sex marriage.

• Palin is strongly opposed to abortion and supports capital punishment.

• She has a BA in journalism from the Univeristy of Idaho, where she also minored in politics.

• She has admitted that she used marijuana when it was legal in Alaska, but says that she did not like it.

• She hunts, eats moose hamburgers, ice fishes, rides snowmobiles, and owns a float plane.