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"What is your current Facebook status? A couple years ago, the answer would probably be &amp;quot;some random sentence about how you feel&amp;quot;. But over the last months, Facebook has become more and more important as a platform to share news stories, and chances are your latest post was actually an article you shared with your contacts.\r\n\r\nAware of this new reality, the social network decided to look back at 2011 to find out the most popular articles on its platform.\u00A0Here's the &amp;quot;top 40 shared articles in the US&amp;quot; list that\u00A0Facebook just made public:\r\n1.\u00A0Satellite Photos of Japan, Before and After the Quake and Tsunami\u00A0(New York Times)\r\n\r\n2.\u00A0What teachers really want to tell parents\u00A0\u00A0(CNN)\r\n\r\n3.No, your zodiac sign hasn't changed\u00A0(CNN)\r\n\r\n4.\u00A0Parents, don't dress your girls like tramps\u00A0(CNN)\r\n\r\n5.\u00A0(video) - Father Daughter Dance Medley\u00A0\u00A0(Yahoo)\r\n\r\n6.\u00A0At funeral, dog mourns the death of Navy SEAL killed in Afghanistan\u00A0\u00A0(Yahoo)\r\n\r\n7.\u00A0You'll freak when you see the new Facebook\u00A0\u00A0(CNN)\r\n\r\n8.\u00A0Dog in Japan stays by the side of ailing friend in the rubble\u00A0\u00A0(Yahoo)\r\n\r\n9.\u00A0\u00A0Giant crocodile captured alive in Philippines\u00A0\u00A0(Yahoo)\r\n\r\n10.\u00A0New Zodiac Sign Dates: Ophiuchus The 13th Sign?\u00A0(The Huffington Post)\r\n\r\n11.\u00A0Parents keep child\u2019s gender under wraps\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0(Yahoo)\r\n\r\n12.\u00A0How to Talk to Little Girls\u00A0\u00A0(The Huffington Post)\r\n\r\n13.\u00A0Stop Coddling the Super-Rich\u00A0\u00A0(New York Times)\r\n\r\n14.Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior\u00A0\u00A0(Wall Street Journal)\r\n\r\n15.\u00A0\u00A0(video) - Twin Baby Boys Have A Conversation!\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0(Yahoo)\r\n\r\n16.\u00A0Man robs bank to get medical care in jail\u00A0(Yahoo)\r\n\r\n17.\u00A0Why You're Not Married\u00A0(The Huffington Post)\r\n\r\n18.\u00A0A Sister\u2019s Eulogy for Steve Jobs\u00A0(New York Times)\r\n\r\n19.\u00A0Ryan Dunn Dead: 'Jackass' Star Dies In Car Crash\u00A0\u00A0(The Huffington Post)\r\n\r\n20.\u00A0Scientists warn California could be struck by winter \u2018superstorm\u2019\u00A0\u00A0(Yahoo)\r\n\r\n21.\u00A0Notes From a Dragon Mom\u00A0(New York Times)\r\n\r\n22.\u00A0\u00A0A Message to Women From a Man: You Are Not &amp;quot;Crazy&amp;quot;\u00A0(The Huffington Post)\r\n\r\n23.\u00A0Obama\u2019s and Bush\u2019s effects on the deficit in one graph\u00A0\u00A0(Washington Post)\r\n\r\n24.\u00A0Penn State, my final loss of faith\u00A0\u00A0(Washington Post)\r\n\r\n25.\u00A0\u00A0Golden-Voiced Homeless Man Captivates Internet\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0(Yahoo)\r\n\r\n26.\u00A0The most typical face on the planet\u00A0\u00A0(Yahoo)\r\n\r\n27.\u00A0Widespread destruction from Japan earthquake, tsunamis\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0(CNN)\r\n\r\n28.\u00A0Permissive parents: Curb your brats\u00A0\u00A0(CNN)\r\n\r\n29.\u00A0A father's day wish: Dads, wake the hell up!\u00A0(CNN)\r\n\r\n30.\u00A0(video) - Laughing Baby Loves Ripping Paper!\u00A0\u00A0(Yahoo)\r\n\r\n31.\u00A0Epic Cover Letter: How To Get Hired For Your Dream Job (PICTURE)\u00A0\u00A0(The Huffington Post)\r\n\r\n32.\u00A0New Zodiac sign dates: Don't switch horoscopes yet\u00A0\u00A0(Washington Post)\r\n\r\n33.\u00A0Things Babies Born in 2011 Will Never Know\u00A0(Yahoo)\r\n\r\n34.\u00A0\u00A0The Psychology of Revenge: Why We Should Stop Celebrating Osama Bin Laden's Death\u00A0(The Huffington Post)\r\n\r\n35.\u00A0(photo gallery) - \u2018Where Children Sleep\u2019\u00A0(New York Times)\r\n\r\n36.\u00A0Quake moved Japan coast 8 feet, shifted Earth's axis\u00A0(CNN)\r\n\r\n37.\u00A0Steve Jobs, Apple founder, dies\u00A0(CNN)\r\n\r\n38.\u00A0China's latest craze: dyeing pets to look like other wild animals\u00A0\u00A0(CNN)\r\n\r\n39.\u00A0Grant Hill\u2019s Response to Jalen Rose\u00A0(New York Times)\r\n\r\n40.\u00A0Steve Jobs\u2019s Patents\u00A0\u00A0(New York Times)\r\nInterestingly, the list isn't as superficial as skeptics may expect. While astrology gets a couple mentions, the top story is a very serious one - a photo gallery from the New York Times about Japan's tsunami. Overall, photography seems to fare quite well.\r\n\r\nSo do tech stories, from Steve Jobs' death to viral videos and stories about Facebook itself. It's not just about breaking news. While CNN's factual piece 'Steve Jobs, Apple founder dies' is one of the most shared stories, so is Steve Jobs' moving eulogy by his sister.\r\n\r\nOn a side note, the list also shows it may be too early to write Yahoo! off, as the portal's news stories get 12 mentions on the list.\r\n\r\nWhat was your favorite story on this list? Let us know in the comments."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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