2016's most important news, remembered in haikus

Because brevity is the soul of wit
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This year wasn't great So here are some dumb haikus To help ease the pain

Ziggy played guitar And two days after Blackstar The whole world mourned him

Einstein was totes right Gravitational waves found Rippling in space-time

In South Korea Google’s DeepMind shocked the world By winning a game

Apple’s shiny things Emboldened by pink MacBook Or is it rose gold?

Mossack Fonseca The world's biggest data leak C’ya Gunnlaugsson

The whole world could be Trapped in an alien zoo Which explains Brexit

Hey, Pokemon Go Someone got stuck up a tree Catching a Pidgey

Apple’s big tax bill For “illegal” Irish aid Made Tim Cook splutter

Facebook’s editors Block historic war photo Blame nude genitals

The Nobel Peace Prize Awarded to Bob Dylan That happened this month

Donald Trump’s shock win Sent the world into a spin Cos he’s a fascist

Your face like a butt Both hairless and attractive Because chimpanzees

This article was originally published by WIRED UK