Everything you missed from the Rio Olympics Opening Ceremony
The Rio Olympics kicked off on Friday. Here's what you missed.
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People watch fireworks exploding over the Maracana stadium, from the favela Mangueira, during the opening ceremony of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro on August 5, 2016.
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After much anticipation and plenty of problems, the Rio 2106 Olympics Opening Ceremony kicked off on Friday night.
But don't worry -- if you happened to have a life and missed the thrilling ceremony, we've got everything you missed right here.
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From thermal blankets to creepy spiders, here's all the action from the opening ceremony of the 2016 Rio Olympics. (Note: These are all totally accurate descriptions.)
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1. Thermal blankets
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2. Fireworks, duh
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3. Russian athlete's urine samples
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4. A big paper plate
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5. Massive spiders
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6. The Matrix
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7. A sweet weave
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8. Parkour!
9. It was actually pretty sweet
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10. Gisele Bündchen walked
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11. Then there was basically a rave
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12. There was fisting
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13. And a big cock
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14. There were wigs
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15. Each country was led in by bicycle
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16. There were really big cheese graters
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17. Thankfully, there was dabbing
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18. And a beautiful man, covered in oil
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19. Of course the rings were also revealed
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