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TIL The Carpinteria Tar Pits at Carpinteria State Beach in Santa Barbara are one of five natural asphalt lake areas in the world, 2nd in size to and older than the La Brea Tar Pits in Los Angeles. These tar pits date back to the Pleistocene Age (Ice Epoch), 2.6 million to 11,700 years ago.

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