[loucon]

Fiction, but interesting takes.
Always wondered where "the whole nine yards" came from.

[IronJack]

It was the full load of ammunition for early fighter planes. The ammo belts were 9 yards long

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

“the whole nine yards”

I’ve heard it was from world war 1 in which an aviator was given 9 yards of bullets for his machine guns. If he got into a dog fight, he often returned after using up “the whole nine yards”.