During Democratic convention, people kept searching for info on Bernie Sanders' age, Citizens United

Bernie Sanders.
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As people watched the Democratic National Convention on Monday night, they were furiously Googling everything from "Bernie Sanders" to "Did slaves build the White House?'

Google released data on the top trends at the end of Night 1, and Sanders was far and away the most searched of the speakers and performers — Michelle Obama came in second, Elizabeth Warren third, Cory Booker fourth, and Paul Simon fifth. Throughout the day, the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) was trending, but after Sanders gave the night's closing speech, there was a 650 percent increase in searches for "Citizens United." The other trending questions had to do with Michelle Obama's speech ("Did slaves build the White House?" and "Who built the White House?") and Sanders' age ("How old is Bernie Sanders?").

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia is night editor for TheWeek.com. Her writing and reporting has appeared in Entertainment Weekly and EW.com, The New York Times, The Book of Jezebel, and other publications. A Southern California native, Catherine is a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.