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Here's a few notable items about 2005...
According to the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, the word most often looked up this year is integrity. I attribute this to politically driven flame wars.
According to Billboard Magazine the Artist of the Year is 50 Cent, while the New Artist of the Year is Gwen Stefani. The "Hot 100" Song of the Year is "We Belong Together" by Mariah Carey.
According to Amazon.com the topselling DVD of the year is Star Wars Episode III - Revenge of the Sith. Coming in second was The Incredibles. Batman Begins took third place, with the complete first season of Lost coming in fourth.
According to BoxOfficeMojo.com the highest grossing movie of the year was Star Wars Episode III - Revenge of the Sith at 380 million dollars. Coming in second was Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire with 269 million. War of the Worlds took third place with 234 million, and Wedding Crashers comes in fourth at 209 million.
TIME Magazine's 2005 persons of the year are Bono (the lead singer of the Irish rock band U2), and Melinda and Bill Gates.
ABC News reports that the top news story of the year was Hurricane Katrina.
Google News reports that the top most searched item of the year is "Janet Jackson". The number two item was "Hurricane Katrina", "tsunami" came in third, and "xbox 360" took fourth.
Automobile Magazine says that the Chrysler 300C is the automobile of the year for 2005--go Chrysler!
According to Crufts, the Best in Show canine for 2005 was a Norfolk Terrier, with an English Setter being the runner-up.
Playboy's 2005 Playmate of the Year is Tiffany Fallon (NSFW, duh!)
People Magazine reports that the Sexiest Man Alive in 2005 is Matthew McConaughey.
The journal Science has picked Evolution in Action as the 2005 Breakthrough of the Year.
Finally, here are the top 10 most popular Unbecoming Levity articles for 2005:
- Numa Numa -- Gary Brolsma (22,450 hits)
- Overhaulin' (11,334 hits)
- DodgeBall -- Review (7,319 hits)
- Shepherd Moons -- Pandora, Prometheus, Cordelia, Ophelia, Galatea, and of course, Enya (5,336 hits)
- Ring Ring Ring Ring Ring Ring Ring, BANANAPHONE! (1,876 hits)
- U.S. Military Offers Free Breast Augmentation to Soldiers... (1,827 hits)
- Word of the Day -- Pantsed (1,742 hits)
- Caught Up... Auto Biography (1,694 hits)
- Cheese Is Funny (1,499 hits)
- Moron Goes After Sims 2 for Indecency (1,420 hits)
Worth note is that #11 was also an article about Sims 2. Highly contributory to the hits of the 2nd and 3rd place articles are assholes who have hotlinked pictures from the articles and are stealing my bandwidth. Speaking of bandwidth, ULev got 449,927 hits in 2005 for a total bandwidth of about 24 Gb.
Hope y'all have a Happy New Year! Peace...