“It turns out that looking at the aggregation of billions of search queries people type into Google reveals something about our curiosity, our thirst for news, and perhaps even our desires. Considering all that has occurred in 2005, we thought it would be interesting to study just a few of the significant events, and names that make this a memorable year.” – Google Zeitgeist

Actually, the results show a sad state of the world, with the top ten news searches being primarily composed of celebrities like Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie, and Michael Jackson (Janet Jackson tops off the list, even higher than Hurricane Katrina).