“At the end of each year, we reflect,” Facebook’s Year in Review page reads. “We remember challenges and triumphs. We celebrate the moments that connect us.”
Last Tuesday, Facebook released its annual ranking of the most-talked about topics. Here are the 10 most talked about Facebook posts in the United States this year.
1. Ebola Virus Outbreak
2. Ice Bucket Challenge
3. Robin Williams
4. Super Bowl
5. Michael Brown & Ferguson
6. World Cup
7. Conflict in Gaza
8. Midterm Elections
9. Malaysia Airlines
10. ISIS
You also can view the most memorable events of 2014 set to motion in a video posted as part of Facebook’s “Year in Review” analysis.
Facebook also collated the 10 top athletes, places, entertainers, TV shows, movies, songs, games, ice bucket challenge videos, and people we lost.
You rule!
Social media mavens on Twitter noted the similarity between Britain’s little Prince George and another Internet baby.
Reports Twitchy: “Christmas portraits of Prince George have gone viral this weekend and a lot of people have noticed a resemblance between the young royal and the Internet’s most triumphant toddler.”
One wag captioned the comparison, “”Gonna be king one day? YES!”
Beautiful. Just … beautiful.
Two years ago, Journey of Faith performed a Christmas flash mob at the South Bay Galleria in Redondo Beach, California, delighting shoppers both young and old alike. Thanks go to Donald Wildmon, founder and chairman emeritus of the American Family Association, for reminding us of this wonderful, heartwarming, and inspiring event.
Here are some stills from the video. Watch it and your spirit will be lifted.
Oh, there’s no place like home for the holidays …
When I watched this video, I was overcome. You will be too, as were attendees at the Anaheim Ducks hockey game last week, when Sgt. 1C Robert Vandenberg, deployed to Afghanistan for the past ten months … well, (sniff…) watch the video while I dry my eyes.
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Auto-correct can’t fix that
OK, now that we’ve regained our composure …
Here are some of the funniest text messages you’ll ever see sent between parents and kids.
What would YOU like for Christmas?
Last Christmas, one of the nicest people walking the earth committed random acts of kindness. In fact, that’s his name: Random Altruist.
He explained: “While most of us want the best phone or the biggest TV for the holidays, there are a lot of people out there who just need the basics like food and clothing. So this year, instead of shopping for people who already have a lot… I decided to spend my money shopping for people who don’t have much at all. All of this was filmed with Google Glass.”
Laugh and the world laughs with you
A video maker calling himself “Laughing Buddha” proves that laughter is contagious. It’s all part of the human condition!
What did Sam Adams and Paul Revere bury in 1795?
Americans are wondering, “What do you think Sam Adams and Paul Revere buried in that time capsule?”
Boston.com reported last week that a 219-year-old green box “believed to contain Revere-era items — was concealed by Governor Samuel Adams, Paul Revere, and William Scollay when the building was constructed in 1795. The reveal comes less than two months after historians discovered a time capsule inside the lion statue atop Old State House when it was taken down for cleaning.”
What might be the oldest time capsule on record, the Boston Globe reported that “the box was discovered amidst emergency repairs to the building in 1855, and was returned to its spot following the construction, remaining unopened.”
Tweets about the find cropped up almost immediately, prompting pundits to speculate on the time capsule’s contents:
“The 1795 time capsule unearthed in Massachusetts has a newspaper in it with the wedding announcement of Larry King’s very first marriage.” – Tim Hamilton
“A parchment inside says: ‘Beware the Progressives.'” – John J. Miller
Col. Rob Maness, former Louisiana candidate for U.S. Senate, tweeted, “Amazing! Can’t wait to learn what’s inside! Hopefully some of our founder’s common sense!”
“I hope that Paul Revere’s time capsule has a note in it that says, ‘Whatever you do, don’t write any pedantic poems about me!!!!!'” – Meghan O’Keefe
And this top tweet which doubtlessly expresses the sentiments of many: “Too bad we can’t pack the D.C. corruptocrats from both parties into a time machine & send ’em all back to 1795.” – Michelle Malkin
