2011 was full of triumphs, tragedies and weird celebrity dramas. As the world’s attention turned to Egypt and Libya during the “Arab Spring,” U.S. audiences were unnerved and a bit amused by Charlie Sheen’s bizarre behavior and the stomach-churning Casey Anthony case.
The Osama bin Laden takedown tops the list of the year’s ten most momentous events, as gathered by Facebook. We’re having a hard believing the release of a video game was more important than a hurricane and a military invasion, but the no one ever said the Internet reflected reality — or common sense.