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East Coast Kinetic Sculpture Race — Baltimore - Baltimore's yearly kinetic sculpture race involves human-powered works of art all competing on a 15-mile course along Baltimore’s Inner Harbor. Don't miss it on May 5! (Photo: CC BY 2.0)

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Twins Days Festival — Ohio - Each August in Twinsburg, OH, the Twins Day Festival draws hoards of twins.

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Twins Days Festival — Ohio - Twins, triplets, and quadruplets participate in competitions and enjoy each other’s company.

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San Fermin Festival — New Orleans - This is basically the traditional Spanish festival of San Fermin, but with roller derby girls chasing you instead of bulls.

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San Fermin Festival — New Orleans - If they catch you, they whack you with a foam wiffle ball bat.

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Underwater Music Festival — Florida Keys - In this festival, an ocean-themed playlist is piped underwater, and people dressed up as mermaids and mermen dive down and pretend to play whimsical instruments.

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Underwater Music Festival — Florida Keys - The audience dives down too to listen.

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Honk! Festival — Massachusetts - Each year, this three-day festival of activist street bands draws brass bands from all over the country and internationally.

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Honk! Festival — Massachusetts - The festival turns the streets of Somerville into a massive dance party, where everyone gets down to funky trumpet, drum, and tuba sounds.

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Eeyore's Birthday Party — Texas - This might just be the cutest festival ever. In Austin, Winnie the Pooh fans young and old dress up and celebrate Eeyore with a drum circle, belly dancing, music, food, and photos with Eeyore.

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Eeyore's Birthday Party — Texas - Proceeds go to local charities.

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Mars New Year — Pennsylvania - Every two Earth years or so, a new year starts on the planet Mars.

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Mars New Year — Pennsylvania - And when that occurs, NASA nuts in the town of Mars, PA get together for space-themed festivities in its honor.

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Gilroy Garlic Festival — California - This festival has run for about 35 years and is one of the largest food festivals in the US.

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Gilroy Garlic Festival — California - Dedicated to garlic everything, it has tons of garlicky treats, live music, and a garlic-braiding workshop.

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Nalukataq Festival — Arkansas - Every June, when the spring whaling season wraps up, the people of Barrow, AK celebrate.

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Nalukataq Festival — Arkansas - This includes a blanket toss, where folks use a sealskin tarp to fling people into the air.

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Roadkill Cook Off — West Virginia - In case you have a desire to eat roadkill, the Roadkill Cook Off in West Virginia is here for you.

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Roadkill Cook Off — West Virginia - “If you’ve ever wanted to taste exotic dishes like squirrel gravy over biscuits, teriyaki-marinated bear or deer sausage, this is the place to be!” reads the event’s website.

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Wayne Chicken Show — Nebraska - This annual July festival includes games, crafts, foods.

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Wayne Chicken Show — Nebraska - Of course, it also involves a massive chicken dance.

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Humungus Fungus Fest — Michigan - The Humongous Fungus is thought to be the largest organism in the world. Crystal Falls, which is its home, celebrates its existence for three days each year.

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Humungus Fungus Fest — Michigan - There’s a pancake breakfast, competitions, and a giant mushroom pizza.

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Wisconsin State Cow Chip Throw and Festival — Wisconsin - Sorry to disappoint, but the chips in question here aren’t the nacho variety so much as the kind that are dried cow dung.

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Wisconsin State Cow Chip Throw and Festival — Wisconsin - There’s a cow chip throwing contest and lots of beer.

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Duck Tape Festival — Ohio - Duct tape is one of the miracle products of our time, and this festival spends three days each year celebrating the stuff.

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Duck Tape Festival — Ohio - Come for the duct tape float parade, stay for the duct tape fashion show.

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National Lentil Festival — Washington - Pullman, WA loves its lentils. Residents throw a big festival each year to celebrate the beloved legume with music, a 5k race, and free lentil chili.

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National Lentil Festival — Washington - Of course, they also crown a Lil’ Lentil King and Queen each year.

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Tarantula Awareness Festival — California - One person’s festival is another person’s nightmare.

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Tarantula Awareness Festival — California - The Tarantula Awareness festival has a costume contest, tarantula races, and all sorts of spider displays.

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