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While many odd numbers are prime numbers, 33 is divisible by 3 and 11, making it this kind of number.

What is composite?

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You'll have to run 5 of these to go about 3.1 miles.

What is a kilometer?

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Abraham Lincoln is generally believed to have told her, "So you're the little woman who wrote the book that started this Great War!" for writing "Uncle Tom's Cabin."

Who is Harriet Beecher Stowe?

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The "oyster capital of New England," this Maine town and Newcastle are linked by a bridge over the town's namesake river — and Ben Wilson got married nearby!

What is Damariscotta?

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It's the simple, celebratory tune you might sing to Komo tonight...on a place you might take a sunlit nap.

What is happy birth daybed?

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The 33rd day of the calendar year falls on this date.

What is February 2?

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In biology, this is broader than a phylum but less specific than a domain.

What is kingdom?

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"You better not never tell nobody but God" opens Alice Walker's 1982 hit.

What is "The Color Purple"?

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Don't cry for me, Argentina, but you can visit this city, the "Paris of the West," where Komo studied abroad.

What is Buenos Aires?

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It's an iconic Prince song perhaps also sung by the actor who plays Dwight on "The Office".

What is Purple Rainn Wilson?

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+33 is a telephonic code for this country — baguettes not included.

What is France?

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The larvae of a special moth, this small insect packs an economic punch: it creates a pricey material and has been bred for such for 5,000 years in China.

What is a silkworm?

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Percival Everett's novel, a re-imagining of "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn," is the most recent to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.

What is James?

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Pike Place Market, the Amazon Spheres, and a view of Mount Rainier are some of the defining touchstones of this city.

What is Seattle?

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Seeing three of these red guys next to a menu item means extra spicy...not that coffee from this metal brewing device will cool you down.

What is pep-percolator?

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This 33rd president of the United States served for a far shorter period than his predecessor, who held four terms.

Who is Harry S Truman?

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Also known as ratting or teasing, this is a way of styling hair to create volume by repeatedly brushing the hair towards the scalp.

What is backcombing?

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Making Komo's list of favorite books from 2024, this is the latest novel by Irish author Sally Rooney.

What is "Intermezzo"?

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The setting for "Big Little Lies", this city was seized by the US from Mexico in 1846 and served as the capital of the American interim government of California.

What is Monterey?

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A glowing summertime insect that's defined as shady or not responsible? Yikes!

What is a firefly-by-night?

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It's the total for 33 – 4 + 7 – 10 + 8 – 1.

What is 33?

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It's certainly not at the front, and sometimes some shady stuff can happen in this interior space.

What is the backroom?

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Author of the collections "Faithful and Virtuous Night" and "The Triumph of Achilles," she died in Cambridge, Mass. in 2023 at age 80, was an essayist and Poet Laureate, and is the last American to, in 2020, win the Nobel Prize in Literature.

Who is Louise Glück?

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It lies on the River Corrib and is Ireland's fifth-most populous city, girl!

What is Galway?

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This is a frequent biography subtitle written in a common, serif typeface. 

What is Life and Times New Roman?