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Claim David Attenborough was behind Wimbledon’s neon tennis balls – fact checked
As this year’s Wimbledon Championships gets under way this week, the luminous yellow which glows from the tennis balls is a familiar sight to those on and off the court. While lawn tennis dates to the 1870s, the use of yellow tennis balls was only brought in by the International Tennis Federation 100 years later in the 70s – after an idea by none other than broadcaster and wildlife expert Sir David Attenborough. Previously, tennis balls were white or black depending on the colour of the tennis court. But after the revolution of colour television, the balls were changed so that viewers could see them better on colour television screens. According to the 2018 book 2,024 QI Facts To Stop You

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