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For those who live in Uruguay, today is the day they commemorate "The Landing of the 33 Patriots". On this date in 1825, thirty three exiles returned and began a movement which ultimately resulted in the country gaining independence. Oddly enough in Korea they a similar national holiday where they celebrate their own 33 Patriots although they observe it on March 1st.

An even bigger coincidence is that the number 33 is on every bottle of one of my favorite beverages. But why? We may never know. Anyone who has taken the time to read the bottle just might appreciate this poem by Demetri Martin, "All of the Words on a Bottle of Rolling Rock Beer in a Different Order" :

Women, your ability to operate
extra tender
springs from birth.
Good machinery comes
as your contents
cause enjoyment.
Cash, beer, a car ... rock and rolling?
During "it", the general warning:
"We may risk pregnancy
according to old problems."
Your refund from the government
for alcoholic beverages?
Not OK.
Refund this premium, beer surgeon,
because premium beer impairs taste.
A drink—to the tribute of health, to the pale alcoholic.
Rolling, glass tanks of beverages rock this lined mountain.
Should the defects
of consumption
drive me ...
Or you?
Latrobe, Latrobe COL, CT, DE, IA, MA, NY, VT, CA, MI
"33"

A few other "33" facts (VIA Wikipedia):

33 is the largest positive integer that can not be expressed as a sum of different triangular numbers. It is also the smallest odd repdigit that's not prime.

Jesus's age when he was crucified in 33 A.D.

A highly significant number to the Freemasons, and is one of their sacred numbers, recurring profusely throughout their 'Dogma' .

Many people claim that they see, witness, or experience the number 33 in unusual circumstances or at a frequency that defies statistical likelihood

A significant number in modern numerology.

In Spanish, the "smile to the camera" word, as is "cheese" in English. Diga treinta y tres, is the same as "say cheese".

A normal human spine has 33 vertebrae when the bones that form the coccyx are counted individually.

The jersey number worn by retired athletes Larry Bird, Eddie Murray, and Patrick Roy.