To the Nines

Well, here it is: The Big 09-09-09.

You’ve read and heard a lot about the big day — how could you avoid it? — but here are nine things you may not know about that magical number between 8 and 10:

1) Since Jon & Kate of “Jon & Kate Plus Eight” split it up, the eight kids have one parent in the house at a time — for a total of nine people!

2) Speaking of kids, nine is only half of the children brought forth so far by the by the famously fertile Duggars.

3) In German, “nein” (pronounced the same as our “nine”) means “no.”

4) The San Francisco 49ers are sometimes called the Niners, but not the Forty’s.

5) Sept. 9 is the 252nd day of the year, and 2 + 5 + 2 = 9!

6) At 9 o’clock today, nothing special will happen.

7) You don’t remember what you were doing on Sept. 9, 1999.

8) The ninth U.S. president was easily the most inconsequential one. William Henry Harrison caught a bad cold while giving a two-hour (!) inaugural address in freezing rain. He died 31 days later.

9) At the 99 Cent Store, most things will cost 99 cents today.