Odd News

When you look at the date you think it has to have some special meaning. Three 9 digits in a row, that is not just like that. So why is this date so special? Why people plan weddings on this day and organization launches of their products? The first thing person notices is the fact that it is upside-down number of “the beast”, or satan´s, 666. We won´t see single digits dates for quite a while, about one thousand years. In China for example, nine as odd number is regarded as masculine and since it is the highest single odd number it has the meaning of “ultimate masculinity”. For Chinese it symbolizes the supreme sovereignty of the emperor.! That is the reason why number nine is often incorporated into imperial structures or designs. The palace in the Forbidden City in Beijing has 9,999 rooms. On the other hand, in Japan, number nine, alongside with number four, is considered unlucky. 9 pronounced as “ku” is homophone for suffering, 4 pronounced “shi” is homophone for death. Also the Greek mathematician Pythagoras noted that number nine has some unique mathematical properties. For example when we multiply nine by any two, three or four digit number we will be able to break the sums back down to nine. "Pythagoras most of all seems to have honored and advanced the study concerned with numbers, having taken it away from the use of merchants and likening all things to numbers," wrote Aristoxenus, a historian from ancient Greece. There are various events being prepared for this day. Everyone wants to take advantage of the magical date. Focus Features new fantasy film entitled “9”! will be released. Apple plans to unveil something big on San ! Francisc o conference and remastered Beatles albums will go on sale. US president Barack Obama will address Congress defending his healthcare reform program.

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