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What are some facts about 2012?

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.