Every month Google compiles all of it's searches and presents a list of its most popular searches around the world. I think it is a poignant look at society, because it illustrates what people are interested in and want to know more about. They call it the Google zeitgeist and can be found
HERE.
The one thing that interested me a lot was how the number one animal searched was not dog or cat (which got 2nd and third place respectively) but bears. I had no idea that bears were so popular!