In 2010....
There were 94 major terrorist attacks/plots worldwide, Muslims carrying out over 75 percent of them.
151 earthquakes resulting in over 260,000 dead.
2.7 million photos uploaded on Facebook, with users "liking" 7.6 million pages every 20 minutes.
1,559,780,676,305.37 additional federal debt added, raising the current debt to 13.8 trillion dollars.
6 meetings by President Obama with his cabinet took place in 2010. The president also took 6 vacations and played 29 rounds of golf.
17.1 million albums sold by Lady Gaga, Justin Beiber, and Eminem worldwide.
575 American soldiers killed in Afghanistan, almost doubling from the year before, and nearly quadrupling the total from 2008.
927 Taliban fighters killed, including 12 senior leaders, in 118 US drone attacks, and 3,200 Taliban were killed by British and American special forces during a 3 month stretch of 2010.
63 seats gained by Republicans, the highest margin of victory for a political party in America's congressional elections since 1938.
205.8 million gallons of oil leaked into the Gulf of Mexico.
9,884,343 Avatar DVDs sold.
2 million people packed into downtown Chicago following the Blackhawks' Stanley Cup win.
8 million Kindles sold in the United States and Britain this year, making it Amazon's best selling product of 2010.
Happy New Year!
There were 94 major terrorist attacks/plots worldwide, Muslims carrying out over 75 percent of them.
151 earthquakes resulting in over 260,000 dead.2.7 million photos uploaded on Facebook, with users "liking" 7.6 million pages every 20 minutes.
1,559,780,676,305.37 additional federal debt added, raising the current debt to 13.8 trillion dollars.6 meetings by President Obama with his cabinet took place in 2010. The president also took 6 vacations and played 29 rounds of golf.
17.1 million albums sold by Lady Gaga, Justin Beiber, and Eminem worldwide.
575 American soldiers killed in Afghanistan, almost doubling from the year before, and nearly quadrupling the total from 2008.927 Taliban fighters killed, including 12 senior leaders, in 118 US drone attacks, and 3,200 Taliban were killed by British and American special forces during a 3 month stretch of 2010.
63 seats gained by Republicans, the highest margin of victory for a political party in America's congressional elections since 1938.205.8 million gallons of oil leaked into the Gulf of Mexico.
9,884,343 Avatar DVDs sold.
2 million people packed into downtown Chicago following the Blackhawks' Stanley Cup win.
8 million Kindles sold in the United States and Britain this year, making it Amazon's best selling product of 2010.
Happy New Year!
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