GOOD NEWS
Scientists announced they may have cured a woman of this virus for the first time, joining similar recent announcements curing three men.
HIV
Butter boards, "one thing about me," and Corn Kid were three of the year's hottest trends on this platform.
TIKTOK
At the 2022 Winter Olympics, Erin Jackson became the first Black woman to medal in this high-speed sport with her 500-meter gold win.
SPEEDSKATING
This artist released her first solo single since 2016 as part of the Black Panther: Wakanda Forever soundtrack.
RHIANNA
Robert Pattinson had no idea that his character in this movie was a detective until he began studying for the role.
THE BATMAN
As of 2022, enough of these have been installed worldwide to generate 1 terawatt. That's enough to meet nearly all of Euorpe's electricity demands!
SOLAR PANELS
Redditors sought and delivered moral catharsis on 2022's most popular subreddit, known politely by this four-letter acronym.
AITA
The 2022 World Cup was the second-ever to be held entirely in Asia. The first was split between these two East Asian counties.
SOUTH KOREA AND JAPAN
Driven by its inclusion in Stranger Things 4, this Kate Bush song became one of the year's most popular sounds on TikTok.
RUNNING UP THAT HILL (A DEAL WITH GOD)
This 2022 film is the second-highest grossing-music biopic of all-time, trailing behind 2018's Bohemian Rhapsody.
ELVIS
Thanks to conversation efforts, the global population of this type of whale rebounded from a low of 10,000 to nearly 88,000.
HUMPBACK WHALES
Despite its extinct name, hundreds of thousands of Twitter refugees flocked to this social networking service.
MASTODON
2022 marked the 56th Super Bowl. However, it is officially known by these Roman numerals.
LVI
In 2022, this Puerto Rican rapper and singer claimed the biggest streaming year for any artist in Spotify history. (Over over 10.3 billion streams.)
BAD BUNNY
In this movie, the main character casts a spell on a pizza vendor that forces him to repeatedly hit himself.
DOCTOR STRANGE IN THE MULTIVERSE OF MADNESS
A third-century Roman emperor formerly considered fictional was finally proven to be real due to the discovery of what bearing his portrait.
COIN
This beastly YouTuber achieved the Guinness World Record for "Most Subscribers for an Individual Male on YouTube." (112,193,139, btw.)
MRBEAST
Goalkeeper Alfredo Talavera from this national team was the oldest player in the 2022 World Cup. (He's 40.)
MEXICO
Jack Harlow hopped on a plane with this Fergie-sampled song.
FIRST CLASS
As part of a TikTok, teens showed up for this kids' movie decked out in suits.
MINIONS: THE RISE OF GRU
Our universe has become clearer than ever thanks to the new images captured by this space telescope.
WEBB, JAMES WEBB, JWST
In response to Twitter's verification checkmark becoming a paid service, Tumblr cheekily began selling this.
Two Important Blue Internet Checkmarks
After a disastrous 2018 Winter Olympics, this figure skater redeemed himself with a gold-winning short performance set to an Elton John medley.
NATHAN CHEN
This timely album secured 2022's record for the fastest-selling album in the United States with 1.14 million sales in one week.
TAYLOR SWIFT'S MIDNIGHTS
Channing Tatum ad-libbed some lines that had to be cut from this movie because co-star Sandra Bullock laughed too hard.
THE LOST CITY