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La Brea's tar pits are full of mysteries.  Here are three of the most confusing

La Brea’s tar pits are full of mysteries. Here are three of the most confusing

Last year, we began inviting readers to send us their pressing questions in Los Angeles and California. Every few weeks, we put the questions up for a vote, asking readers to decide which question they’d like to see answered in story form. This question, posed by Ricky Fulton, was included in one of our recent …

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La Brea's tar pits are full of mysteries.  Here are three of the most confusing

La Brea’s tar pits are full of mysteries. Here are three of the most confusing

The lake pit in front of the La Brea Tar Pits museum is a remnant of asphalt mining that took place in the 19th century. (Gina Ferazzi/Los Angeles Times) Last year, we began inviting readers to send us their pressing questions in Los Angeles and California. Every few weeks, we put the questions up for …

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