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"Once I had learnt my twelve times table (at the age of three) it was downhill all the way."

Fred Hoyle, English Scientist

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"Once I had learnt my twelve times table (at the age of three) it was downhill all the way."

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"Once I had learnt my twelve times table (at the age of three) it was downhill all the way."

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