Real tennis (ancient sport that modern tennis evolved from) (en.wikipedia.org)

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[-] silverchase@sh.itjust.works 15 points 3 days ago

Real tennis vs complex tennis

Quaternion tennis

[-] imaqtpie@sh.itjust.works 15 points 4 days ago

How can tennis be real if our eyes aren't real?

[-] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 9 points 4 days ago

real eyes realize real lies

[-] imaqtpie@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 days ago

🤯

[-] Plum@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

Hush it up, you.

[-] tacosanonymous@mander.xyz 3 points 3 days ago

This seems made up, like a game you’d read about or see in some b-rated sci-if film.

[-] kcuf@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

They play this in Ever After

[-] Phoenix3875@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

The Tennis Court Oath from the French Revolution was declared in such a tennis court.

Before I learned that, I always wondered why they would go to a tennis court, as opposed to a square or just on the street. Turns out they preferred a roof.

[-] thenextguy@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 days ago

Fancy a game?

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