It Turns Out David Attenborough Is The Reason Tennis Balls Are Yellow

What? Why?

The Planet Earth presenter started moving astatine the BBC successful 1952 (having only watched one TV show).

In an nonfiction with RadioTimes, David revealed that helium was liable for bringing colour to BBC2 for the archetypal clip successful 1968. And helium decided to absorption connected Wimbledon for the crowning occurrence of the transformation.

“We had been asking the authorities implicit and implicit again and they wouldn’t let us, until abruptly they said, ‘Yes, OK, you tin person [the colour TV technology], and what’s much you’re going to person it successful 9 months’ time,’ oregon immoderate it was,” helium told RadioTimes.

He added that helium wanted to bushed West Germany to full-colour broadcast ― the US and Japan had already done it by that time.

But, according to the publication 2,024 QI Facts To Stop You In Your Tracks, astatine immoderate point, David Attenborough noticed that the tennis balls weren’t vibrant and disposable capable connected screen.

So, successful 1972, the International Tennis Federation made optic yellowish tennis balls ― broadside note, they’re officially optic yellow and not greenish (though successful my mind, they’re decidedly lime). 

Who knew a elemental shot could person truthful overmuch lore?