Tennis Has a Mystery That Nobody Can Solve

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Writing: Steven Rix
Editing: Jack Stevens

[sonicplanet]

What I've learned: When royalty plays with each other's balls in public, insanity ensues, and empires fall. Makes sense.

[russlehman]

Another oddity: Once a game has reched "deuce" (40-40) it is no longer scored numerically. In order to win, you have to win two consecutive points, so it is either "deuce" (tied) or "advantage player", until somebody scores two consecutive points and wins. The score 30 - 30 is sometimes called "little deuce".

[streydz]

Just because they weren't marking "minutes on the clock" doesn't negate the theory. They still knew 60 minutes in an hour and marked clocks in quarters.

[SMunro]

Zero in Sumerian is Zeru meaning Seed, Origin.

[IPulse]

Arran, these AI thumbnails are getting kind of cringe dude. Love your videos don't get me wrong, but it makes it look cheap, which is not the case obviously.

[markojojic]

6:40 I'm 99% certain that "real" meant royal in Old Spanish, can somebody confirm?

[jarinazf]

No idea why they used increments of 15. However how about this?: In a game favored and played by royalty, some King was neck-and-neck in a match when his opponent scored that third point and instead of pulling ahead by 15, King I. Neverloose suddenly declared that the third point only counted as 10. His opponent, I. Wannakeepmyhead, said, "Oh yes, of course!" and so it was. Remember, a foot was the size of "The King's" foot(which king? when? does it change with kings?) and we sill use that today. A bit fanciful but I think plausible. Always enjoy your channel!

[Spinosaurus]

What a way to die, playing tennis and drinking wine 😂

[petergray]

I had a "Book of Facts" as a preteen that asserted that the tennis scoring system was based upon the weight of cannonballs (in lbs no less) fired by the opposing English and French navies during the 100 Years War. Even before the internet was invented, there were a lot of random interjections by uninformed spectators.

[stevedenis]

My brother is an avid Tennis player and he bring a huge bag of tennis balls for my dog when he visits . My dog loves him has never even thought of starting a war with my brother.

[htchetman]

In the 1400s everybody was absolutely bloody mental... 2024 everybody is still bloody mental

[chrischuter]

You should be proud of the content you make, its often interesting, informative, and entertaining. Just saying in the hope it might "bring a smile to you face". All the best and thank you.

[jamesmcalinden]

Another one to solve how do you win a game and then continue to play the game, points make no sense idc what you say

[Johnnybgood]

Henry V supposedly spent his youth in various forms of debauchery and frivolity, including games of tennis, rather than being serious about the responsibilities involved in eventually becoming a king.
The Dauphin's gift of tennis balls was meant as an insult, highlighting Henry's past dereliction of duty and insinuating that he (Henry) was unfit to rule.

[Chaslak]

Good video as always! But please stop with the AI thumbnails

[phantasmo]

I wonder if the other king sending tennis balls was an insulting message based on something personal between them.

[davidlancaster]

Geeze Thoughty! You just unscrambled my conundrum over tennis scores. Every time I watched a match I figured I missed something or was blacking out! (didn't think my pot was that good)

[danielvazquez]

THE ORIGINAL TENNIS SCORE WAS CALLED THOUGHTY 2😊😅😊

[jaeger]

"The popular sport were know and zero today" LOL

[Nessie]

Damn, can't read the comments cuz I got here too early 🙄