SCIENCE, TECH, AND DISCOVERIES
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| Zealandia. |
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| Largest amphibious aircraft has its maiden voyage. |
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| Microsoft axes MS Paint. |
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| Albert Einstein's "formula" for happiness is auctioned. |
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| Relaunch of 3310. |
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| The mp3 is declared dead by its creators. |
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| BPI banking glitch. |
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| After teaching itself chess for 4 hours, the AlphaZero AI beats the world's champion chess bot. |
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| Baby conceived in 1992, and then cryogenically frozen, is born in 2017. |
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| Yahoo becomes Altaba. |
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| Miami doctors face a dilemma when dealing with a 'DNR tattoo on an unconscious patient. |
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| The dramatic rise of Bitcoin. |
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| Gab, the free-speech alternate to Facebook and Twitter, is released. |
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| China's futuristic library. |
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| China plans to rate its citizen, Big Brother-style, in 2020. |
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| Chinese scientists record the farthest quantum teleportation. |
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| The WannaCry ransomware attack. |
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| Pentagon releases formerly classified footage of UFOs. |
TRAGEDIES AND SCANDALS
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| Marcos wealth scam in UPLB. |
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| Venezuelan socioeconomic crisis. |
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| Due to desperation, Venezuelan teachers and doctors become prostitutes in Columbia. |
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| Hollywood sexual abuse scandal. |
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| Las Vegas shooting. |
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| Grenfell Tower fire. |
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| Muslims kill 29 Coptic Christians in church bus for not converting to Islam. |
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| 7.1 and 8.1 earthquakes in Mexico. |
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| Palm Sunday bombing in Egypt. |
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| Resorts World Manila attack. |
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| Shooting at GOP baseball practice. |
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| Texas church shooting. |
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| Vatican official Cardinal George Pell has been charged with historic sex offences. |
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| Drag Queen Hour. Ugh. |
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| Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria. |
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| Brazil prison massacre. |
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| Allison Mack is accused of being a sex cult recruiter. |
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| Rohingya persecution. |
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| Manchester Arena bombing. |
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| Crimes are streamed in Facebook Live. |
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| Egypt mosque attack. |
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| Ferry with 251 passengers capsizes off the town of Real, Quezon |
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| Davao City bombing. |
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| Davao City mall fire. |
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| 5-month Battle of Marawi. |
WORLD EVENTS AND POLITICS
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| President Trump. |
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| Trump vs. the mainstream media. |
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| Qatar diplomatic crisis. |
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| Niki Haley rocks the UN. |
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| The Mother of All Bombs is dropped on the IS in Afghanistan. |
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| Trump and Kim Jong-Un feud, putting the world at the brink of a nuclear war. |
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| The start of free college in the Philippines. |
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| Antifa's reign of terror. |
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| California now has harsher penalty for offending transgenders with the wrong pronoun than knowingly spreading HIV. |
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| Macron beats La Pen in the French presidential election. |
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| Notable Christian leaders release a statement of faith regarding human sexuality and gender roles. |
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| Pop culture motivates NoKor soldier to defect, braving bullet fire. |
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| In an open letter, Catholic conservatives accuse Pope Francis of heresy. |
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| Saudi finally allows women to drive. |
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| Same-sex marriage is affirmed in Taiwan. |
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| Park Geun-hye is ousted from the presidency in South Korea. |
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| An icon of true feminism emerges in Iran. |
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| Trump orders the US embassy in Israel to be moved to Jerusalem. |
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| Catalonia votes to declare their independence from Spain. Spain and Europe refuses to acknowledge it. |
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| Tokhang. |
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| ISIS is supposedly defeated. |
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| 500th anniversary of the Reformation. |
SPORTS
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| Mayweather and McGregor go make big $$$ for themselves. |
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| The Patriots win Super Bowl LI in epic fashion. |
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| Randy Orton wins the 30th Royal Rumble. |
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| Jinder Mahal becomes the first WWE champ of Indian decent. |
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| The Walls of Jericho is used to win an MMA fight. |
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| Jeff Horn somehow wins over Manny Pacquiao -- a controversial result. |
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| Roger Federer beats Rafael Nadal in a thrilling Australian Open finals. All Grand Slams during the year are won between them. |
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| NFL players kneel during the national anthem as means of protest. |
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| LFL responds by standing during the anthem. Badass. |
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| Dubs win the NBA championship for the second time in three years. |
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| Russ wins MVP after averaging a triple-double in a season. |
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| D'Angelo Russell is traded to the Nets. As part of the deal, Lakers get the 27th pick, which becomes Kyle Kuzma -- a steal! |
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| The world is introduced to the obnoxious LaVar Ball. |
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| Lakers draft Lonzo Ball. |
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| Hoodie Melo. |
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| Kyrie Irving requests a trade. Gets sent to Boston... |
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| ...in exchange for Isaiah Thomas and other pieces. |
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| Chris Paul joins James Harden's Rockets. |
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| Paul George and Carmelo Anthony are traded to OKC, forming a Big Three with Russell Westbrook. |
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| A few minutes into the season, Gordon Hayward has a grisly injury. |
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| Kobe's two numbers are retired by the Lakers. |
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| To commemorate the event, these gorgeous limited edition shoes are released... |
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| ...as well as the return of the Most Valuable Puppets. |
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| Alabama basketball team is forced to play with just three players. Almost wins! |
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| ESPN and TV 5 join forces. |
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| Esports is announced as an official event for the 2022 Asian Games. |
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| After debuting her Sailor Moon program in 2016, Evgenia Medvedeva does it again during the ISU World Team Trophy in Japan. |
FADS, MEMES, AND MISCELLANEOUS THINGS THAT WENT VIRAL
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| Fidget spinners. |
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| Covfefe. |
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| Ripped kangaroo. |
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| A book of empty pages. Epic troll job. |
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| Jollibee's heartbreaking ads. |
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| Petrol-addicted monkey. |
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| Lucia Joaquin. |
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| Facebook's crazy bird GIF. |
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| Xander Ford. |
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| Trump's animatronic figure in Disney's Hall of Presidents is supposedly based on an anticipated "President" Hilary Clinton. |
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| No red pixels. Yet our minds see the strawberries as red. |
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| Elmer Padilla makes action figures from old 'tsinelas'... |
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| ...and Chris Hemsworth and Mark Ruffalo love the figures of their characters that Elmer made. |
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| Kyrie Irving gives fuel to the Flat Earth conspiracy theory movement. |
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| Roll safe. |
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| Distracted boyfriend. |
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| Blinking white man. |
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| Extremely upset NCAA fan. |
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| Mind-bending. Took me a long time to see it. |
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| A photo of a sick, starving polar bear is used as Global Warming propaganda. |
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| Dab. |
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| The Samyang challenge. |
POP CULTURE
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| Disney acquires Fox. |
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| "Despacito." Most popular song of the year. |
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| This J-Law dress. |
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| Philippine Ragnarok Online returns. |
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| Miss France wins Miss Universe 2016. |
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| Then Miss South Africa wins Miss Universe 2017 ten months later. |
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| StarCraft remastered. |
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| La La Land is mistakenly announced as Best Picture during the Academy Awards. Moonlight is the actual winner. |
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| Stephen Amell participates on American Ninja Warrior. As what everybody hoped, he does the salmon ladder. |
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| Rick and Morty revives interest on McDonald's limited edition Mulan SzeChuan sauce, which leads to a giveaway debacle. |
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| Speaking of Mulan, Liu Yifei is cast in the role. |
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| Secret Empire. |
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| The Punisher is the new War Machine. |
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| Batman proposes to Catwoman. Most memorable moment of the best comic book of the year. |
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| Most memorable moment of 2017 movies. |
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| Most memorable moment of 2017 TV. |
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| The Dark Universe dies at its inception. |
IN MEMORIAM
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| R.C. Sproul |
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| Roger Moore |
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| Adam West |
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| Bobby "The Brain" Heenan |
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| Rosey |
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| John Hurt |
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| Bill Paxton |
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| Chester Bennington |
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| Chuck Berry. |
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| Stanislav Petrov |
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