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“Dressed to the Nines”:

This expression, meaning “very fashionably and elaborately
dressed”, is recorded from the 18th century. “The nine” or “the
nines” were used to signify “superlative” in numerous other
contexts. Theories include: 9, being the highest single-digit
number, symbolized the best; a metanalysis of Old English to
then eyne “to the eyes”; and a reference to the 9 muses

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“If you only knew the magnificence of the 3, 6 and 9, then you would have a key to the universe.” -Nikola Tesla

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Nine to the Universe - Jimi Hendrix

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If 6 Was 9 - Jimi Hendrix

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“Numbers are neither abstractions nor entities in themselves. Numbers are names applied to the functions and principles upon which the universe is created and maintained. Through the study of number - perhaps only through the study of number - these functions and principles can be understood.”

— Serpent In the Sky - John Anthony West

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The Ennead (Ancient Greek: ἐννεάς, meaning a collection of nine things) was a group of nine deities in Egyptian mythology. The Ennead were worshipped at Heliopolis and consisted of the god Atum, his children Shu and Tefnut, their children Geb and Nut and their children Osiris, Isis, Set and Nephthys.

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A full moon is nine times brighter than a half moon.

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The symbol of the Bahai Faith is a 9-pointed star

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Devon Leigh Roper was born on the 9th

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