Three

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Three – 3
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The number three is one more than two and one less than four. Three is an important number for many cultures (groups of people living together). Sometimes people think of three as a special number.

[edit] Famous threes

  • the three stooges
  • the three wise monkeys
  • the three Doshas (weaknesses) in Ayurvedic medicine in India
  • the Trimurti (three aspects of God) in Hindu religion
  • the Holy Trinity in Christian religion
  • three kings (magi) who visited Christ at his birth in Christian religion
  • the three bears in the fairy tale Goldilocks