lst1, lst2 = zip(*zipped_list)
should give you the unzipped list.
*zipped_list unpacks the zipped_list object. it then passes all the tuples from the zipped_list object to zip, which just packs them back up as they were when you passed them in.
so if:
a = [1,2,3]
b = [4,5,6]
then zipped_list = zip(a,b) gives you:
[(1,4), (2,5), (3,6)]
and *zipped_list gives you back
(1,4), (2,5), (3,6)
zipping that with zip(*zipped_list) gives you back the two collections:
[(1, 2, 3), (4, 5, 6)]
