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the series Schoolhouse Rock! was the idea of an ad executive who noticed his young son was struggling with learning multiplication tables, yet had no problem memorizing lyrics. He asked Bob Dourough to set them to music. This ended up becoming the song Three is a magic number .

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Fun Fact: the series “Schoolhouse Rock!” was the idea of an ad executive who noticed his young son was struggling with learning multiplication tables, yet had no problem memorizing lyrics. He asked Bob Dourough to set them to music. This ended up becoming the song “Three is a magic number”.

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