Some of the biggest stories that shaped 2016 were those that few expected. Time and again last year people were waking up to news that seemed so outlandish it was hard to believe. Ilya Petrenko goes over the biggest such stories of 2016.br br RT LIVE br Subscribe to RT! br Like us on Facebook Follow us on Twitter Follow us on Instagram Follow us on Google+ Listen to us on Soundcloud: br RT (Russia Today) is a global news network broadcasting from Moscow and Washington studios. RT is the first news channel to break the 1 billion YouTube views benchmark.