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10 Things That Happened In 2012 That We All Forgot

If we survived the world ending in 2012 what does 2020 have on us?

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2012 was almost a decade ago. I found that I forgot about most of these things, but as soon as I saw a related picture, I was put back into the year 2012.

The world was supposed to end.

Because the Mayan calendar ended on 12/21/2012.

Justin Bieber and Selena broke up.

For the FIRST time and look at them now.

"The Hunger Games" was our LIFE.

In my middle school, we were all required to read this book.

Beyoncé gave birth to her first daughter.

Blue Ivy and now she is 7 years old!

Call Me Maybe?

The one song from 2012 that STILL plays in our dreams

We lost an amazing vocalist.

Whiney Houston passed away on February 11, 2012.

KONY 2012

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It went viral and everyone was posting about it on social media.

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It took over the world!

Twlight comes to an end.

YOLO

It was so popular Zac Efron even got a tattoo of the saying on his hand

2012 was the year of many things, because of 2012 we learned that we the Mayan's calendar just happened to end on that date. We all cried a little harder when the world lost Whiney Houston. We also all laughed a little harder when we found out Zac Efron got YOLO tattooed on his hand.

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