stackyFACTSVegans would have absolutely hated early tennis. For centuries, the bouncy strings on a racket were made from 'natural gut'—which is a polite way of saying the stretched, dried, and twisted intestines of farm animals. A single racket required the guts of about three sheep, making it a very grim day at the farm.
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