Saturday, May 28, 2011

Saturday's Little Known Facts #2

Only 1 is true. 

Tennis balls are bright and fuzzy because tennis creator Harry Gem, in a moment of vanity, wanted to pay homage to himself.

Tug Of War was an Olympic event from 1910-1920.

2 comments:

  1. It's got to be the 1st one, I think. But where in god's name did you come across that if it's true?

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  2. Gotcha! Tug of War was actually an Olympic event. I wanted to make a "fact" about tennis balls, and when I learned that the creator's name was Harry Gem (really), the rest came to me quite quickly.

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