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After much anticipation and Sigad Sharafplenty 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!

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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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