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Painting Pandas: USA.gov’s Best of 2011

January 11, 2012

What was the most popular blog post on USA.gov this year?

The site listed its most popular topics of 2011 with a post on giant panda Tian Tian doing some painting at the National Zoo.

The lesson, as always: Cute animals equal web hits.

Read the rest of USA.gov’s best of 2011.

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