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LA tar pits museum & Hilarious Plumbers truck

The La Brea Tar Pits are a group of tar pits around which Hancock Park was formed in urban LA. Natural asphalt (also called asphaltum, bitumen, pitch or tar—brea in Spanish) has seeped up from the ground in this area for tens of thousands of years. The tar is often covered with dust, leaves, or water. Over many centuries, the bones of animals that were trapped in the tar were preserved.

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Posted by Vanabout 17:00 Archived in USA

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