3 (number)

The number three (3) is one more than two, one less than four, and two less than five. It is the first Mersenne prime. Three is an important number for many cultures (groups of people living together). It is also a prime number. It is the first odd prime. In Roman numerals, it is III.

 Famous threes 
 the Three Stooges
 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 gifts of the wise men (Magi) who visited Christ at his birth in the Gospel of Matthew.
 the three bears in the fairy tale Goldilocks
 the three Imperial Regalia of Japan

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