What are some facts about 2012?

Barack Obama was re-elected president of the United States by defeating Republican opponent Mitt Romney. Obama won 51.1% of the popular vote to Romney’s 47.2%. ExxonMobil was America’s biggest company, the Lyft car-sharing service was launched, and Penguin and Random House merged to form the world’s largest publisher.

What big things happened in 2011?

Your top 10 stories of 2011

• A series of massive earthquakes hit north-east Japan, unleashing a 10-metre tsunami.
• US forces kill the al-Qaida leader, Osama bin Laden, in a raid on a house in Abbottabad, Pakistan.
• The Egyptian president, Hosni Mubarak, quits and the army pledges to oversee a transition to democracy.

What are some strange facts?

65 Facts So Weird You Won’t Believe They’re True

• There’s a company that turns dead bodies into an ocean reef.
• The name “bonobo” resulted from a misspelling.
• There is an annual Coffee Break Festival.
• You can buy a flying bicycle.
• Dolphins sleep with one eye open.
• Vacuum cleaners were originally horse-drawn.

What weird things happened in 2012?

10 really weird things that happened in 2012

• Anish Kapoor pays tribute to Ai Weiwei’s parody of Gangnam Style.
• Blanck Mass is played at the Olympics.
• Meatloaf sings in support of Mitt Romney, terribly.
• Justin Bieber vomits on stage.
• Snoop Dogg becomes Snoop Lion.
• People are surprised that M.I.A.

What was popping in 2012?

Luciana Villalba’s Top 10 Pop Culture Moments of 2012

• “ Gangnam Style”
• “ Call Me Maybe”
• 50 Shades of Grey.
• Honey Boo Boo Child.
• The 2012 Presidential Election.
• 2 Chainz.
• One Direction takeover in the US.

What was really popular in 2012?

Popular movies released in 2012 include The Avengers, The Amazing Spider-Man, The Hobbit, The Dark Knight Rises, The Hunger Games, and Lincoln.