A new year means new trends, viral videos, dances, events and many more made up crazes. 2016 was quite the memorable year for that, and here's a round up of everything people went crazy for this year:
1) Juju on that beat and the Running Man challenge
These became very popular dances that trended everywhere!
2) Stranger Things
The world went crazy over this new, science-fiction TV show. Go watch it on Netflix!
3) Damn Daniel!
Just a high school kid, walking around in his white vans, and everyone went crazy over him and the kid behind the camera, saying the infamous line, "Damn Daniel!"
4) Pokemon Go
How many times did you walk outside and see people staring at their phones trying to find Pokemon?
5) Clown invasion
Terrifying clowns started to terrorize towns and cities in September. Was it an early Halloween prank? We never found out.
6) Finding Dory
The little kid in all of us was so excited when we heard this movie was being released.
7) Leonardo DiCaprio FINALLY won an Oscar
We have been waiting for this moment forever!
8) The Chicago Cubs won the World Series
The Cubs finally got the World Series title after 108 years!
9) Beloved celebrities passing away
Prince, Alan Rickman, Florence Henderson, and David Bowie are a few of the tragic passings.
10) The Mannequin Challenge
This viral video trend became popular among the world where people take videos as if they were frozen in time. These groups include the BYU gymnastics team as well as the Cleveland Cavaliers at the White House!
11) "Squad"
If you have a group of friends, you call them your "squad."
12) America Horror Story: My Roanoke Nightmare
The anticipation and excitement is always great leading up to the release of a new season of American Horror Story. And they did not disappoint!
13) Donald Trump wins presidency
This was a shock to many people, and was definitely the biggest news story of 2016.
14) "It's lit"
Yes, this became an actual phrase, meaning something exciting/fun was about to happen and you're "turnt."
15) Rio Olympics
2016 was another year of the Olympic games held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
16) Sad papaw
The internet went insane over this sad grandpa after his granddaughter posted a picture of him after grilling burgers for all of his grandkids, and only one out of his six grandchildren showed up to eat with him.
And with that, 2016 was quite the year, but most are happy it's coming to an end. So cheers to saying goodbye to 2016 and hello to another crazy year!
