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Why Are Tennis Balls Yellow?. Not only has the tennis ball changed… | by Daniel Ganninger | Knowledge Stew | Medium
![TIL Yellow tennis balls were invented by David Attenborough. In 1967 when he was controller of BBC2, he had the job of introducing colour TV and suggested switching from white to a TIL Yellow tennis balls were invented by David Attenborough. In 1967 when he was controller of BBC2, he had the job of introducing colour TV and suggested switching from white to a](https://external-preview.redd.it/til-yellow-tennis-balls-were-invented-by-david-attenborough-v0-1KkBx8UmkhRs8i3T_nuMiuljAEeM4hNmD69KBwrAbLI.jpg?auto=webp&s=7758f7e919a1bc75c234b33b8071b6340344f471)
TIL Yellow tennis balls were invented by David Attenborough. In 1967 when he was controller of BBC2, he had the job of introducing colour TV and suggested switching from white to a
![TIL tennis balls used to be white until Sir David Attenborough realized they'd be hard to follow on color television so the sport created "optic yellow" balls. : r/tennis TIL tennis balls used to be white until Sir David Attenborough realized they'd be hard to follow on color television so the sport created "optic yellow" balls. : r/tennis](https://external-preview.redd.it/h3waQnt9J20gpQylJRM-hd1DFJGnSMPHsMdsknPeOtY.jpg?auto=webp&s=3301583ede73d8ce62307c92b77323ecf7a0096a)