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first purchase of a website or domain. That's your trusty narrator, back with another round of Smarty Q,

where I, trusty, answer your amazing, smarty questions about science, history, and everything in between.

Let's begin.

First question, Evie on Spotify asks,

how and why did Dolly Parton become a singer? I will always love you, end this question.

Dolly Parton grew up in the great smoky mountains of Tennessee and a big family with very

little money, but lots of music. Her mom sang old mountain ballads,

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