After rattling off a list of the many terrible mass shootings that took place this year, “Daily Show” host Trevor Noah declared that 2015 was a “shit year, really.” But for those of us who don’t want to end the year only on a gloomy note, Noah then highlights the “fun” events that also occurred.

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