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5 AJC stories that Facebook readers loved in 2016

Local hospitals and agencies often need volunteers to help with babies and children whose parents can't care for them. AJC FILE
Local hospitals and agencies often need volunteers to help with babies and children whose parents can't care for them. AJC FILE
Dec 1, 2016

There was no shortage of big, shocking headlines in 2016 − but in a year consumed by a controversial presidential election, some shocking celebrity deaths and rising concerns about terrorism in the United States, there was still time for some more down-to-earth, lighthearted stories.

We went through the most popular AJC stories on Facebook and found the five most viral stories that weren't about the election, death or crime.

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