I have heard a lot of people bemoaning the terrible catastrophe that was 2016. However, when I look back at the things that really got people riled up it mostly boiled down to a bunch of old celebrities dying, and some zoo shooting a guerilla. The fact that those are the top complaints really speaks to me that we had a year full of first world problems. Or in other words, we had a great year.
To more fully emphasize the good year we had here is a list of good things that happened that far outbalance a few childhood icons dying.
There's an Ebola Vaccine now
Child Mortality - Down across the globe
+9% survival rate in pacreatic cancer sufferers
Gene responsible for ALS found
Volunteers in India planted 50 Million trees in 24 hours
Suicide rates down globally
The Ozone layer is repairing itself
MIND CONTROLLED ROBOT ARMS
Leo got dat oscar
Wild tigers numbers up FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 100 YEARS
Giant Pandas - No longer endangered
A solar powered plane did circumnavigated the world
Global Malaria down by 60%
Measels ERADICATED from the Americas
93% of the world's children learned to read and write - the highest percentage IN HUMAN HISTORY
Every major grocer and fast food chain in the U.S pledged to use cage free eggs only by 2025
Manatees - No longer endangered
Wild Wolves - Back in Europe
Wild Salmon spawning in the Connecticut river for the first time since the American revolution
Columbian white tailed deer - no longer endangered
Green Sea Turtles - NO LONGER ENDANGERED
Sea World no longer breeding captive killer whales
Humpback Whales - NO LONGER ENDANGERED
Global aid - up by 7%
Americas most generous year EVER in charity and aid
China's most generous year EVER in charity and aid at $15 billion
So yeah, it was a good year. Lots of good stuff happened. Here's to 2017 being that much better.
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