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99 to Beat (American game show)

99 to Beat is an American elimination game show that premiered on Fox in 2025, hosted by Ken Jeong and Erin Andrews, adapted from a Belgian format.

99 to Beat (British game show)

99 to Beat is an ITV1/ITVX British game show (22 March–10 May 2025, 8 episodes) hosted by Adam and Ryan Thomas: 100 contestants play simple challenges and whoever finishes last is eliminated; Belgian VRT/De Chinezen format, translated from Dutch show De Alleskunner.

99-year lease

A 99-year lease is a fixed-term leasehold grant common in English land law and state land systems in Hong Kong, Singapore, and Kenya; distinct from freehold and from the 999-year lease variant.

99.co

99.co is a Singapore-based property technology company founded by Darius Cheung in 2014 that operates property portals in Singapore and Indonesia, now trading as 99 Group.

99/66

99/66 (Tamil: தொண்ணூற்று ஒன்பது அறுபத்தியாறு) is a 2026 Tamil horror-thriller written, directed, produced and scored by M. S. Moorthy for Mitra Pictures, released 6 March 2026, starring Rachitha Mahalakshmi, set in a 99-house Chennai apartment complex.

990 Yerkes

990 Yerkes, a numbered main-belt asteroid named for Yerkes Observatory; semimajor axis 2.668 AU, eccentricity 0.217, inclination 8.79 degrees, subject of a 2017 occultation campaign.

9907 Oileus

9907 Oileus (6541 P-L) is a Jupiter Trojan asteroid discovered 24 September 1960 at Palomar by van Houten, van Houten-Groeneveld, and Gehrels; it orbits every 12.07 years at 5.265 au, about 16 km across, and is not hazardous.

991 McDonalda

991 McDonalda (1922 NB, A922 UC) is a ~38.6 km C-type main-belt asteroid discovered by Otto Struve in 1922, orbiting the Sun every 5.56 years between 2.63 and 3.65 AU, a slow rotator with a 296-hour period.

992 Swasey

992 Swasey is a dark outer main-belt asteroid about 25 km across, discovered by Otto Struve in 1922 and named for the American optician Ambrose Swasey.

993 Moultona

993 Moultona (1923 NJ) is a Koronis-family main-belt asteroid discovered 12 January 1923 by Van Biesbroeck at Williams Bay; rotation period 5.2702 hours, amplitude 0.9 mag, used to estimate the mass of (704) Interamnia.

994 Otthild

994 Otthild (1923 NL, A923 FB) is a ~23 km main-belt asteroid discovered 18 March 1923 by K. Reinmuth at Heidelberg; period 4.02 years, rotation 5.95 h, not potentially hazardous.

995 (Singapore)

995 is Singapore's emergency telephone number for fire and emergency ambulance services, operated around the clock by the Singapore Civil Defence Force and introduced in 1984.

995 Sternberga

995 Sternberga is a 25 km main-belt asteroid in the Eunomia family, discovered by Sergei Beljawsky at Simeis in 1923 and named for the Moscow astronomer Pavel Sternberg.

996 Hilaritas

996 Hilaritas (A923 FC), a ~29 km B-type Themis-family main-belt asteroid discovered by Johann Palisa on 21 March 1923 at Vienna; rotation period 10.052 h, orbit 3.09 AU, not hazardous.

996 working hour system

The 996 working hour system is an unofficial schedule at Chinese technology companies, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. six days a week, about 72 hours, declared illegal in 2021.

997 Priska

997 Priska (1923 NR) is a main-belt asteroid discovered 12 July 1923 by Karl Reinmuth at Heidelberg. It orbits at 2.67 au, is about 19-20 km across, rotates in 16.22 hours, and occulted a star in 2006.

998 Bodea

998 Bodea (1923 NU) is a ~38 km main-belt asteroid discovered 6 August 1923 by K. Reinmuth at Heidelberg, named for astronomer Johann Elert Bode; not hazardous, no Earth close approaches.

999 (emergency telephone number)

999 is the United Kingdom's emergency telephone number, connecting callers to police, fire and rescue, ambulance, or HM Coastguard, and the world's oldest such single emergency number since 1937.

999 Zachia

999 Zachia (1923 NW, Chinese 扎克星) is a main-belt asteroid discovered 9 August 1923 by K. Reinmuth at Heidelberg; diameter about 16.8 km, rotation period 22.835 h, spin axis λ=28°, β=29°.

999-year lease

999-year lease, a very long leasehold term used in UK property and colonial Hong Kong land grants; distinguished from the 990-year statutory lease extension created by the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024 and from 999-year enfranchisement leasebacks at peppercorn rent.

999-year leases in Hong Kong

999-year leases in Hong Kong: the longest land lease term ever granted there, offered by application from 1849 to 1898 and abandoned after May 1898. About 4,000 lots carry indefinite or 999-year terms; Taikoo Shing is a notable example, and such property traded at a 5.74% premium over 99-year leases.

99942 Apophis

99942 Apophis, provisional designation 2004 MN4, is a 340-meter near-Earth asteroid that will pass about 32,000 km above Earth on April 13, 2029, posing no impact threat for at least 100 years.

99950 Euchenor

99950 Euchenor, provisional designation 1973 SC1, is a large Jupiter Trojan asteroid about 11 kilometers in diameter, discovered in 1973 at Palomar Observatory by van Houten, van Houten-Groeneveld, and Gehrels.

99P/Kowal 1

99P/Kowal 1 is a Jupiter-family periodic comet discovered by Charles T. Kowal at Palomar in 1977, orbiting every 15.2 years with perihelion 4.73 AU, diameter about 10.2 km.

99th Academy Awards

The 99th Academy Awards honor 2026 films at a March 14, 2027 ceremony at the Dolby Theatre, hosted by Conan O'Brien on ABC and Hulu, with new AI, acting, and international film rules.

99th Readiness Division

The 99th Readiness Division is a US Army Reserve command headquartered in New Jersey that provides training and mobilization services to units across the northeastern United States.

9A52-4 Tornado

The 9A52-4 Tornado is a Russian lightweight multiple rocket launcher that fires 300 mm rockets from a six-round module on a Kamaz 8x8 chassis, developed as a lighter companion to the BM-30 Smerch.

9F Inc.

9F Inc. (玖富) is a Beijing-based fintech company founded by Sun Lei in 2006 that became one of China's largest P2P lenders before regulators shut the industry down in 2020.

9fin

9fin is a London-based financial technology company founded in 2016 by Steven Hunter and Hussam EL-Sheikh, selling an AI-powered data and analytics platform for debt capital markets.

9GAG

9GAG is a Hong Kong-based meme and humor platform founded in 2008 by Ray Chan and four co-founders, which peaked at 67 million monthly visitors in 2012.