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23 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Tampa, Florida

Updated February 2, 2024

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Could Fish Sex Be Keeping Floridians Up at Night?

The mating calls of black drum fish might be the source of Tampa's mysterious thumping bass.
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What It's Like to Work in a Synthetic Cadaver Factory

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A composite showing how Picasso's Bust of a Woman would have looked. Not pictured: the rest of the USF campus.

Found: Details of Picasso's Plan for His Most Massive Work of Art

"Bust of a Woman" would have soared 100 feet over Tampa.
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