Tennis Balls Are Optic Yellow Thanks To David Attenborough
In the old days, tennis balls were white, but when documentary film legend David Attenborough pushed the BBC to carry the Wimbledon tournament in color, the tennis world realized those balls weren't showing up very well for home viewers. Plus: the community of Fitzgerald, Georgia is hoping to attract tourists with - what else - a giant steel topiary chicken.
The reason tennis balls are yellow -- or maybe green (CNN)
'New balls, please' for mice homes (BBC)
‘This is not a model kit’: 62 ft. Fitzgerald chicken starts to take form (WALB)
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