The Top 10 Everything of 2009

TIME charts the highs and lows of the past year in 50 wide-ranging lists

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3. David After Dentist

Seven-year-old David DeVore might have taken the most famous dental trip in history. After David had minor surgery in January, his dad was at the ready in the family car to film his son, who alternated between lying slumped in the backseat, questioning his drugged-out reality and straight-out screaming. David's trippy two minutes have been seen by more than 35 million people and spawned a mini–family business. The DeVores developed a website and T-shirts, and both son and father are scheduled to speak at the 2010 ROFLCon, an Internet-culture festival held at MIT.

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