16 Badass, Little-Known Dolly Parton Stories
Dolly Parton is truly the hero we need, but don’t deserve.
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In our bitterly divided times, there’s one thing we can all agree on: Dolly Parton is a national treasure. No -- a global one; she did help save all of humanity, after all. Please enjoy this roundup of stories about Dolly’s many, incredible feats (we recommend listening to the inspiring strains of [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCwNQtnI64I]“Vaccine”[/url] while doing so).
![16 Badass, Little-Known Dolly Parton Stories - She reduced the high school dropout rate in her home county. She told every 7th-](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/6/7/9/757679.jpg?v=2)
![16 Badass, Little-Known Dolly Parton Stories - Dolly Parton is one of the people we can thank for Buffy the Vampire Slayer.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/6/7/8/757678.jpg?v=2)
![16 Badass, Little-Known Dolly Parton Stories - She wrote Coat of Many Colors on a dry-cleaning receipt.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/6/7/6/757676.jpg?v=2)
![16 Badass, Little-Known Dolly Parton Stories - Dolly Parton has given over 130 million books to children.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/6/7/4/757674.jpg?v=2)
![16 Badass, Little-Known Dolly Parton Stories - She loves butterflies, and got a few small butterfly tattoos to cover scars.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/6/7/3/757673.jpg?v=2)
![16 Badass, Little-Known Dolly Parton Stories - She raised $13 million in a telethon when Tennessee was devastated by](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/6/7/7/757677.jpg?v=2)
![16 Badass, Little-Known Dolly Parton Stories - She's lost count of how many songs she's written ShE just knows that it's](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/6/7/5/757675.jpg?v=2)
![16 Badass, Little-Known Dolly Parton Stories - A big movie failure kinda saved her life. In the '80s, while going through](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/6/7/1/757671.jpg?v=2)
![16 Badass, Little-Known Dolly Parton Stories - She wrote 9 to 5 using her nails. She wanted to write music while waiting](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/6/7/0/757670.jpg?v=2)
![16 Badass, Little-Known Dolly Parton Stories - She created hundreds of jobs for the place she came from. Her theme park,](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/6/7/2/757672.jpg?v=2)
![16 Badass, Little-Known Dolly Parton Stories - She grew up eating squirrels, groundhogs, turtles, and frogs. She came](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/6/6/9/757669.jpg?v=2)
![16 Badass, Little-Known Dolly Parton Stories - She wrote her first song at four or five. It was called Little Tiny Tassel Top,](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/6/6/8/757668.jpg?v=2)
![16 Badass, Little-Known Dolly Parton Stories - A Tennessee hospital exists thanks to Dolly Parton. LeConte Medica She held](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/6/6/7/757667.jpg?v=2)
![16 Badass, Little-Known Dolly Parton Stories - She got a radio and TV gig when she was ten. She started playing guitar at](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/6/6/5/757665.jpg?v=2)
![16 Badass, Little-Known Dolly Parton Stories - She wrote Jolene and I Will Always Love You' in one day in 1972. That was a](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/6/6/6/757666.jpg?v=2)
![16 Badass, Little-Known Dolly Parton Stories - So she can write anywhere, she keeps notebooks and tape recorders throughout](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/6/6/4/757664.jpg?v=2)