If it hasn't already shown on your Facebook timeline, then I suggest that you head over to YouTube to watch @FloandJoan sing about everything that went wrong in the year of 2016. Disclaimer: There wasn't a bombing in Nice, so they have their facts wrong there. Language may be a bit strong too.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yv_rl3MYKA
Now that you've just a clever mashup of all the crazy things that have happened this year, let me give you some pretty awesome things that have gone right in the past twelve months.
1. Tigers and Giant Pandas are growing!
The Tiger population has increased this year by 22% since 2010, according to the World Wildlife Fund, and Giant Pandas are no longer endangered. So YAY! for animals!
2. Saving the planet is the new style
On Black Friday, Patagonia donated their $10 million dollars in sales all to grassroots, environmental groups. The company made and donated around 5 times what they expected! Go Earth!
3. The Zika Virus
IT'S NO LONGER A GLOBAL THREAT!
4. ALS ICEBUCKET CHALLENGE
Yes, I know that this was the thing in 2015, but it didn't make an impact until the summer of 2016. Our donated money found a new gene that carries the disease, meaning more prevention and cures are on the way!
5. Absentee Ballots
College students and misplaced people cast an overwhelming and record-breaking number of absentee ballots in the 2016 presidential election, and let me tell you that every vote counted. It does matter if you don't vote.
6. The Olympics
Not only did America win the medal count again and take home the first gold of the games, but did we all see Simone Biles conquer the gymnastics mat? She didn't even take all golds and she was still seen as the most athletic, along side Michael Phelps. America has some amazing athletes, too bad the election overshadowed that.
7. People are Finally Seeing Color!
This year, two brothers saw color for the first time!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1X0QTTtPmc
8. A Woman is Going on Our $20
Harriet Tubman
9. Nemo Found Dory!
Finding Dory finally hit theaters and was a huge hit with not only the little kids, but all of the now college students who group up watching Dory find Nemo!
10. World Crime Decline
It's estimated that in 2016 world crime has showed a decline since the past several decades.
Read more here:
http://www.forbes.com/sites/neilhowe/2015/05/28/whats-behind-the-decline-in-crime/
11. Pokemon Go Released
The summer of 2016 brought out the new mobile game of Pokemon Go. It got all the tech savy, Pokemon fans out and about to try to catch the creatures all throughout the world. The game attracted not only the younger generation, but the original Pokemon fans too!
Now, theres so many great things that have happened in this interesting year of 2016.
