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TIL that the Angola Rodeo is an event hosted by the Louisiana State Penitentiary. People all over the world come to hear inmate bands, shop affordable, high quality arts and crafts from over 800 inmate artists, and witness inmates attempt to pull a poker chip off a bull or get airborne trying.

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