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The La Brea Tar Pits is an area of Los Angeles where buried deposits of tar surface. Large number of mammal fossils from the last ice age have been found there, and there is a museum about these discoveries.

La Brea is the Spanish word for the tar. The tar pits were used as a source of tar (for use as low-grade fuel or as an insulator) by early settlers of the Los Angeles area.

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	The La Brea Tar Pits is an area of Los Angeles where buried deposits of tar surface. Large number of mammal ~~fossils~~ from the last ice age have been found there, and there is a museum about these discoveries.		The '''La Brea Tar Pits''' is an area of [[Los Angeles]] where buried deposits of [[tar]] surface. Large number of mammal [[fossil]]s from the last ice age have been found there, and there is a museum about these discoveries.

	''La Brea'' is the Spanish word for ''the tar''. The tar pits were used as a source of tar (for use as low-grade fuel or as an insulator) by early settlers of the Los Angeles area.		''La Brea'' is the Spanish word for ''the tar''. The tar pits were used as a source of tar (for use as low-grade fuel or as an insulator) by early settlers of the Los Angeles area.