Here are the 10 topics people talked about the most on Facebook in 2016 (FB)

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A lot happened on Facebook in 2016.

Politics unsurprisingly dominated much of the discussion among Facebook users, but so did the passing of celebrities like Muhammad Ali.

Facebook looked at the posts from its 1.8 billion users from January 1 to November 27 and anonymously aggregated them to find the top 10 most talked about topics.

Here they are in order:

President-elect Donald Trump dominated news coverage on all fronts during the Republican primary and the general election where he beat Democrat Hillary Clinton in a massive upset, winning the White House in November.

Clinton won the popular vote, however.

Among Brazil's many travails, its former president, Dilma Rousseff, was suspended from office in May. Brazil's Senate ordered her to stand trial in a historic decision brought on by a deep recession and a corruption scandal.

It was the newest craze — for a little while.

People swarmed busy streets, parks, and national landmarks to play Pokémon Go. Organized meetups to hunt Pokémon in places like Central Park drew thousands of people.

Sometimes dubbed a modern-day civil-rights movement, groups affiliated with the Black Lives Matter organization rallied supporters in response to police shootings involving unarmed black civilians.

The movement found an influential advocate in President Barack Obama who in July said, "We have seen too many tragedies like this."

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's unfiltered bombast has rattled leaders around the world since he was inaugurated in June. He ran on a platform that openly encouraged the killing of criminals.

He has also talked favorably about implementing martial law, and called Russian President Vladimir Putin his "idol."

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