The Top 10 Everything of 2010

In 50 wide-ranging lists, TIME surveys the highs and lows, the good and the bad, of the past 12 months

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1. Double Rainbow

When Paul "Bear" Vasquez spotted two rainbows in the sky in Yosemite, Calif., he reacted like any other person would — with screams of pure joy, incomprehensible sobs and questions about the meaning of life. Though it may seem that drugs helped him achieve such bliss, he told ABC News that his reaction was totally sober. "I was just on pure rainbow power," he said. The "rainbow power" propelled him to viral stardom, with more than 19 million YouTube views and even a commercial for Microsoft.

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